cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fundamental theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fundamental theorems
Senses: examples: text: In this and the next chapter I return to the fundamental theorems of welfare economics. In this chapter I argue that the first fundamental theorem of welfare economics—asserting the efficiency of competitive economics—is fundamentally flawed.
ref: 1994, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Whither Socialism?, The MIT Press, page 27:
text: The first fundamental theorem of calculus states that the differentiation and integration are inverse operations: if a continuous function is first integrated and then differentiated, the original function is obtained[…].
ref: 2010, Vasily E. Tarasov, Fractional Dynamics: Applications of Fractional Calculus to Dynamics of Particles, Fields and Media, Springer, page 247:
text: There are two fundamental theorems of calculus. Both relate differentiation to integration. In most calculus courses, the Second Fundamental Theorem is usually proved first and then used to prove the First Fundamental Theorem. Unfortunately, this results in a First Fundamental Theorem that is weaker than it could be.
ref: 2012, Joseph L. Taylor, Foundations of Analysis, American Mathematical Society, page 114:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A theorem (or, in non-mathematical fields, a commonly accepted hypothesis) considered to be of central importance to a specified field.
Related terms: fundamental lemma
fundamental theorems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fundamental theorem
like speaking to a brick wall
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of like talking to a wall.
deep learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Israeli-American computer scientist Rina Dechter in 1986.
Senses: examples: text: Deep learning was given a particularly audacious display at a conference last month in Tianjin, China, when Richard F. Rashid, Microsoft’s top scientist, gave a lecture in a cavernous auditorium while a computer program recognized his words and simultaneously displayed them in English on a large screen above his head.
ref: 2012 November 23, John Markoff, “Scientists See Promise in Deep-Learning Programs”, in New York Times:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of machine learning based on the interpretation of the structure of data.
Derived terms: deepfake
Related terms: DLSS
flumethrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular pyrethroid insecticide used in veterinary medicine
forefin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forefins
Etymology: From fore- + fin.
Senses: glosses: Either of the anterior (front) pair of fins of an ichthyosaur
Related terms: hindfin
hindfin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hindfins
Etymology: From hind + fin.
Senses: glosses: Either of the posterior (rear) pair of fins of an ichthyosaur
Related terms: forefin
forefins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forefin
hindfins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hindfin
gluteofemoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gluteo- + femoral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the buttocks and the thighs
haemolymphatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hemolymphatic.
hemolymphatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or producing hemolymph
hipparionine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hipparionines
Senses: glosses: Any extinct horse of the tribe †Hipparionini.
hipparionine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the extinct horse tribe †Hipparionini.
examples: text: The hipparionine horses arose in North America during the Middle Miocene and differed significantly from Anchitherium and other similar equids in the development of very high-crowned cheek teeth as a response to the more sclerophyllous, harder vegetation.
ref: 2007, Winfried Henke, Handbook of Paleoanthropology:
glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of the hipparion.
hyperfibrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperfibroses
Etymology: From hyper- + fibrosis.
Senses: glosses: The formation of excessive fibrous connective tissue in an organ
hypocerebral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛɹɪbɹəl
-iːbɹəl
Etymology: From hypo- + cerebral.
Senses: glosses: Located beneath the cerebrum
Derived terms: hypocerebral ganglion
hypsodoncy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hypsodonty.
turnip tops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There are many ways to eat this green: Italian-style, lightly boiled, rinsed, wrung and dressed in olive oil and garlic; south American-style with bacon, sausage or ham and Cajun seasoning; southern Indian-style in a poriyal (a fried vegetable dish); northern Spanish-style with potatoes, sweet paprika and a touch of red-wine vinegar; or fermented, Asian-style, as pickles. Turnip tops appear in many cuisines for good reason: they fill a very hungry gap.
ref: 2010 October 25, Alys Fowler, “Alys Fowler: Turnip tops”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Synonym of turnip greens.
synonyms: word: turnip greens
gild the pill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gilds the pill
form: gilding the pill
form: gilded the pill
form: gilded the pill
Etymology: Supposedly from an old pharmaceutical practice of coating bitter tasting pills with a thin layer of metal (see bitter pill).
Senses: examples: text: For he who'd make his fellow-creatures wise / Should always gild the philosophic pill!
ref: 1888, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, The Yeomen of the Guard […] , London: Chappel & Co., […], published c. 1911, page 17:
text: The chemists who first gilded the pill now sit on the Front Opposition Bench.
ref: 1891 May 8, Mr. Goschen, “Purchase of Land, &c.”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons):
glosses: Synonym of sugarcoat the pill.
synonyms: word: sugarcoat the pill
Related terms: put lipstick on a pig
Eustache
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eustaches
Etymology: Borrowed from French Eustache. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
carbamidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbamidines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of guanidine.
synonyms: word: guanidine
indolecarbamidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indolecarbamidines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An indole derivative of a carbamidine
infraspinatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of infraspinal.
synonyms: word: infraspinal
Derived terms: infraspinatous fossa
Related terms: infraspinatus
supraspinatous
labiolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætəɹəl
Etymology: From labio- + lateral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: lateral to the lips or labia
self-rape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛlfˌɹeɪp/
ipa: /ˌsɛlfˈɹeɪp/
Forms: form: self-rapes
form: self-raping
form: self-raped
form: self-raped
Etymology: From self- + rape.
Senses: examples: text: And wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that psychiatrist's offices would be filled to the ceiling with these self-raping homos pleading for help?
ref: 2004 March 15, Electric Nachos, “Homophobia”, in rec.arts.fine (Usenet):
text: Satan's pregnancy repeats the theme of melancholy and narcissism: he is 'self-impregnated, or self-raped, making love to himself and then to his daughter, the product of his incestuous mind' (Mulryan 18).
ref: 2011, M. Middeke, Christina Wald, The Literature of Melancholia: Early Modern to Postmodern, →ISBN, page 43:
text: Sweet self-raped Melissa had extracted them from the rest of the verse in a way that gave a very different impression and conjured a very different picture.
ref: 2012, Nick Tosches, Me and the Devil: A Novel, →ISBN:
glosses: To engage in an act of self-rape.
lateropalmar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From latero- + palmar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: lateral and palmar
leptonectid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leptonectids
Senses: glosses: Any ichthyosaur of the family Leptonectidae
linguolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætəɹəl
Etymology: From linguo- + lateral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: lateral to the tongue
macrophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + -phagy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The condition of being macrophagous.
Related terms: macrophage
macrophagous
mentonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛnˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /mɛnˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From menton + -ian.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the menton.
mesobuccal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌkəl
Etymology: From meso- + buccal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or situated in the middle of the cheek
mesolingual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪŋɡwəl
Etymology: From meso- + lingual.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or situated in the middle of the tongue
methylmannoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylmannosides
Etymology: From methyl- + mannose + -ide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any methyl glycoside / ether of mannose
motoreductor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motoreductors
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gearmotor.
synonyms: word: gearmotor
gearmotor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gearmotors
Etymology: From gear + motor.
Senses: glosses: A variable-speed electric motor (incorporating a variable gearbox)
Synonyms: motoreductor
myoinhibitory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more myoinhibitory
form: most myoinhibitory
Etymology: From myo- + inhibitory.
Senses: glosses: That inhibits the action of muscles
myosuppressin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myosuppressins
Etymology: From myo- + suppressin.
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of peptide agonists that inhibit the action of muscles (especially of arthropods)
myosuppressins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myosuppressin
myotropin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myotropins
Senses: glosses: Any of a certain family of myotropic peptides
myotropins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myotropin
co-parents-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of co-parent-in-law
nonpeptidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + peptidal.
Senses: glosses: Not composed of peptides
peptidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of one or more peptides
Derived terms: nonpeptidal
Starkable
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɑː(ɹ)kəbəl/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kəbəl
Senses: glosses: A surname.
aerogami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of aero- + origami.
Senses: examples: text: Aerogami - construction of paper flying "things," is also popular.
ref: 1996, Soaring - Volume 60, page 10:
text: “The art is as old as paper,” says Karthik adding, “so far, we have tried modular, tessellation, crumpling, sculpture, wet folding and aerogami techniques.
ref: 2013 February 13, Anusha Parthasarathy, “Creativity in every fold”, in The Hindu:
text: The activities lined up this month at MyTown includes aerogami workshops, meeting Santa Claus up close and personal, and a “Jolly Hunt” where participants will have to find clues of mystery “selfie” spots in the Christmas exhibit area on the ground floor.
ref: 2018 December 17, “A Christmas homecoming”, in The Sun Daily:
topics: arts
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
papercraft
glosses: Airborne origami.
Related terms: paper airplane
sky lantern
ophthalmosaurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ophthalmosaurines
Etymology: Clipping of translingual Ophthalmosaurinae
Senses: glosses: Any ophthalmosaurid of the subfamily Ophthalmosaurinae
ossiconed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having one or more ossicones
parvicursorine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parvicursorines
Senses: glosses: Any dinosaur of the subfamily Parvicursorinae
parvicursorines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parvicursorine
pecoran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pecorans
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any ungulate of the infraorder Pecora
pecorans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pecoran
Z"L
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew ז״ל (Z"L), acronym of זִכְרוֹנוֹ לִבְרָכָה (zikhronó livrakhá, literally “may his memory be a blessing”).
Senses: glosses: English rendering of a common Hebrew posthumous honorific.
A"H
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew ע״ה (literally “A.H.”) the Hebrew language acronym for עליו השלום (’alav hašálōm, literally “peace be upon him”) or עליה השלום (’aleha hašálōm, literally “peace be upon her”)
Senses: glosses: English rendering of a common Hebrew posthumous honorific.
Related terms: PBUH
HY"D
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew הי״ד (literally “H.Y.D.”) the Hebrew language acronym for השם יקום דמו (hašem yiqqkōm damō, literally “may Hashem avenge his blood”) or השם יקום דמה (hašem yiqqōm dáma, literally “may Hashem avenge her blood”).
Senses: glosses: English rendering of a common Hebrew posthumous honorific, usually applied to those who died as a result of antisemitism.
ZT"L
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: ZTz"L
Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew זצ״ל (ZTs"L), acronym of זֵכֶר צַדִּיק לִבְרָכָה (zékher tzadík livrakhá, literally “may the memory of the righteous one be a blessing”).
Senses: glosses: English rendering of a Hebrew posthumous honorific, usually applied to deceased rabbis or other holy figures
ZK"L
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew זק״ל (Z.K.L.) the Hebrew language acronym for זֵכֶר קָדוֹשׁ לִבְרָכָה (zékher kadósh livrakhá, literally “may the memory of the holy be a blessing”).
Senses: glosses: English rendering of a Hebrew posthumous honorific applied to martyrs
tirokafteri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A spicy Greek appetiser, consisting of cheese, olive oil, hot peppers and various other ingredients.
Guck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gucks
Etymology: Borrowed from German Guck or Gück.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Pikermian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to Pikermi
platypterygiine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: platypterygiines
Senses: glosses: Any thunnosaur of the subfamily Platypterygiinae
thunnosaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thunnosaurs
Etymology: Clipping of translingual Thunnosauria
Senses: glosses: Any ichthyosaur of the clade Thunnosauria
Hyponyms: ophthalmosaurid
polyvinylidenedifluoride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyvinylidene difluoride
form: polyvinylidene fluoride
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A thermoplastic polymer (CH₂CF₂)ₙ
postentocristid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postentocristids
Etymology: From post- + entocristid.
Senses: examples: text: A weaker postentocristid joins the hypoconid and a smaller posterobuccal postcingulum low down on the back of the tooth .
ref: 2005, Ronald Hamlyn-Harris, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Volume 51, page 153:
glosses: A posterior entocristid.
posterobuccal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌkəl
Etymology: From postero- + buccal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the posterior of the cheek
posteropalmar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From postero- + palmar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the posterior of the palm (of the hand)
postflexural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + flexural.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Behind a flexure
premaxillar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of premaxillary.
Weck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wecks
Etymology: From the German surname, from the noun Weck (“wedge”). Also from Waccho, an old Germanic name related to the verb wachen (“to wake”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
tindas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tinda
planular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈplænəlɚ/
Forms: form: more planular
form: most planular
Etymology: From Late Latin plānārius (“relating to a plane”), derived from Latin plānus (“flat”, “level”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).
Senses: examples: text: A planular projection of a three-dimensional object is its projection onto a plane.
glosses: Of or pertaining to a plane.
glosses: Flat, two-dimensional.
glosses: Zoology: describing a planula or planulae.
Derived terms: nonplanular
Related terms: plane
planar
shock paddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shock paddles
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: shock pad
glosses: An electrode for defibrillating bodies.
freeze-dries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of freeze-dry
subdataset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subdatasets
Etymology: From sub- + dataset.
Senses: glosses: A subset of a data set.
subdatasets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subdataset
mortal combats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mortal combat
franchisings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of franchising
Redder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Redders
Etymology: Borrowed from German Redder.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
on the lash
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Compare lash back, pre-lash.
Senses: examples: text: There's endless coverage of drunken "ladettes" out on the lash, young girls being sick into gutters, lying in streets, smoking, getting pregnant, looking gormless, telling people with research clipboards that "all they wanna be is famous, innit".
ref: 2011 January 9, Barbara Ellen, “Too many of us treat young white women as trash”, in The Observer:
synonyms: on the razz
on the razzle-dazzle
glosses: Out drinking socially; usually involving heavy alcohol consumption.
cease fire
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Stop engaging in hostile acts, particularly those involving firearms. A command that troops end the existing status of engaging in hostile action.
cease fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cease fires
Senses: examples: text: I also encourage all of us to begin the cease fire in America's culture war by taking the initiative of inviting someone from the other camp to lunch.
ref: 1996, Tom Sine, Cease Fire: Searching for Sanity in America's Culture Wars, page 280:
text: in El Salvador, they declared a cease fire after ten years. Why didn't they think of that at the beginning?
ref: 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 73:
text: On August 4 there was a cease fire in Java, the battle had lasted all of two weeks.
ref: 2004, R. Elizabeth Migliore, Evening Flower:
text: To date around eighteen armed cease fires have been agreed between the army and armed groups of the following ethnicities...
ref: 2011, Jacob Bercovitch, Karl DeRouen Jr., Unraveling Internal Conflicts in East Asia and the Pacific, page 275:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ceasefire.
BMIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BMI
GBAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GBA
blotter acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A typical blotter acid dose contains between 30 and 150 μg of LSD per dose. Blotter papers are frequently decorated, with some examples being shown on Plates 3.1 and 3.2, and represent the dose form on which our discussion will centre.
ref: 2003, Michael D. Cole, The Analysis of Controlled Substances, John Wiley and Sons, →ISBN, page 38:
text: I'd dropped the mega dose of blotter acid earlier in the evening and tripped the hardest ever in my life.
ref: 2019, Flea, Acid For The Children […] , Hachette UK, →ISBN:
glosses: Blotter paper impregnated with the drug LSD, to be taken orally, and often featuring psychedelic imagery.
Related terms: blotter art
monkship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkships
Senses: examples: text: If any one saith that matrimony contracted but not consummated is not dissolved by the solemn profession of religion (monkship or nunship) of one of the parties, let him be anathema.
ref: 1853, Pierce Connelly, The Madiai: a Letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, Etc:
text: On the other hand, the phoongyees or the monks depending on their years of monkship and status with, were embalmed and kept much longer.
ref: 2002, Krishna Dutta, Walking from the gallows:
glosses: The position or role of a monk.
monkships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkship
hall-marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hall-mark
pygostyled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pygostyle + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a pygostyle.
unbusier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of unbusy: more unbusy
unbusiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of unbusy: most unbusy
tiller truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiller trucks
Etymology: From tiller + truck. From having rear-wheel steering similar to a boat's tiller, on the truck.
Senses: glosses: A type of firetruck, an aerial ladder truck that is articulated with a tillerman's position to steer the rear of the trailer into tight spaces.
Derived terms: tillerman
reproducibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reproducible
parpen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parpens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of perpend.
proctolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular neuropeptide present in several insects
Derived terms: proctolinergic
proximocentral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proximo- + central.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: proximal and central
proximoplantar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proximo- + plantar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: proximal and plantar
proximoventrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From proximoventral + -ly.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In a proximoventral direction
rematings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remating
samothere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: samotheres
Senses: glosses: Any extinct giraffid of the genus †Samotherium.
samotheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of samothere
sivathere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sivatheres
Etymology: Clipping of translingual Sivatherium.
Senses: examples: text: The sivatheres became extinct about two million years ago, but other giraffes, including the ancestors of the living giraffe species and the okapi, thrived.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 103:
text: Shins coated in mud, the sivathere strides out onto more solid ground, towards the shade to browse.
ref: 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 28:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: An extinct giraffid of the genus †Sivatherium.
Synonyms: sivatherine
sivatheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sivathere
neontocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neontocracies
Etymology: Coined by American anthropologist David Lancy and popularised through his 2008 book The Anthropology of Childhood; modelled on and contrasted with gerontocracy (“society in which elders are esteemed”).
Senses: examples: text: But looking at the neontocracy from up, down, and sideways—that is, cross-culturally, historically, and holistically—leads quickly to the realization that in many cases, institutional attention to families benefits the institutions themselves more than it aids families.
ref: 2014, Rachael Stryker, “Chapter 7: On Family: Adoptive Parenting Up, Down, and Sideways”, in Rachael Stryker, Roberto J. Gon, editors, Up, Down, and Sideways: Anthropologists Trace the Pathways of Power, Berghahn Books, page 151:
text: And, incrementally, the gerontocracy becomes a neontocracy. But I would argue that the neontocracy has, lately, gotten out of control.
ref: 2015, David F. Lancy, The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, page 71:
text: David F. Lancy (2015) argues in his book The Anthropology of Childhood that the ‘neontocracy’ of many modern Western societies is anomalous when compared with the majority of cultures across the world and across known human history.[…]There is less sense [in some gerontocratic contexts] than in neontocracies that children are to be protected, sheltered from work or considered non-economically productive.
ref: 2017, Susannah Cornwall, Un/familiar Theology: Reconceiving Sex, Reproduction and Generativity, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 99:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any society in which young children are highly valued (despite their relatively low social utility in objective terms); the practice, prevalent in the West, of so valuing young children.
neontocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neontocracy
supercontractile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + contractile.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Whose structure allows microscopic pistons to move past each other, allowing the muscle to contract faster and to a greater extent than normal
raw_tags: of a muscle
thunnosaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thunnosaurians
Etymology: From Thunnosauria + -n.
Senses: examples: text: The best-known early thunnosaurian is Stenopterygius, from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of England, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.
ref: 2019, Hans-Dieter Sues, The Rise of Reptiles: 320 Million Years of Evolution, page 98:
glosses: Any extinct ichthyosaur of the taxon Thunnosauria.
thunnosaurians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thunnosaurian
valvometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valvometers
Etymology: From valvo- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: Any device that monitors the opening and closing of a valve
ventrocaudally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ventrocaudal + -ly.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In a ventrocaudal direction
virgatosphinctin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virgatosphinctins
Senses: glosses: Any ammonite of the genus Virgatosphinctes
virgatosphinctins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virgatosphinctin
perianaesthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: perianesthetic
Etymology: From peri- + anaesthetic.
Senses: examples: text: This information may explain many of the apparent contradictions in published data on gastric emptying in the perianaesthetic period.
ref: 1993, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care:
text: The use of perianaesthetic morphine did not contribute to any increase in risk.
ref: 2006, U.K. Vet: Companion animal:
text: It is important that perianaesthetic nurses work in collaboration with the anaesthetist and other members of the surgical team to ensure patient safety throughout surgical procedures.
ref: 2011, Lois Hamlin, Marilyn Richardson-Tench, Menna Davies, Perioperative Nursing: An Introductory Text, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 159:
text: Tracheal, bronchial, and laryngeal irritability are increased, and it is found that chronic smokers have an increased risk of perianaesthetic laryngospasm and bronchospasm due to the stimulation caused by anaesthetic apparatus, blood and secretions in the airways.
ref: 2012, G.M. Woerlee, Common Perioperative Problems and the Anaesthetist, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 210:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the time around an anesthesia.
carbomonoxyhaemoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: On the ground of new performed researches on the carbomonoxyhaemoglobin of two cases of thalassaemia minor observed in children and of two other cases of Cooley's disease the A. confirm the results of his earlier investigations on the electrophoretic behaviour of the haemoglobin of subjects suffering from mediterranean disorder.
ref: 1953, Pediatria. revista:
text: The spectral changes of carbomonoxyhaemoglobin in the visible range of the spectrum are characterized by a new absorption band at about 500 nm and a second band between 600 and 640 nm.
ref: 1971, Kaj Gert Jensen, Sven-Aage Killmann, Series Haematologica [New Series]:
text: Oxy- and carbomonoxyhaemoglobin are diamagnetic whereas deoxy- and methaemoglobin are paramagnetic.
ref: 1989, L. D. Field, S. Sternhell, Analytical NMR, Wiley:
text: A carbomonoxyhaemoglobin concentration of as little as 4.5% can cause a significant reduction of the myocardial work level at which angina pectoris occurs in patients with severe coronary vascular disease.
ref: 2012, G.M. Woerlee, Common Perioperative Problems and the Anaesthetist, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 210:
glosses: Alternative spelling of carbomonoxyhemoglobin.
carbomonoxyhemoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It would be interesting to study taxi drivers, bus drivers, and delivery men to discover the amount of carbomonoxyhemoglobin (CO-carrying hemoglobin) that is in their blood.
ref: 1970, R. Ascah, S. Russ, The Control of Air Pollution in Montreal:
text: Spectra treatment corresponding to the above solutions revealed some statistically significant results. This allowed the method application to the photodissociated and freeze-dried carbomonoxyhemoglobin.
ref: 1988, E. D. Schmid, Friedemann W. Schneider, Friedrich Siebert, Spectroscopy of biological molecules: new advances : proceedings of the Second European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules, Freiburg, West Germany, 1987, John Wiley & Sons:
text: Time resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy also made it possible to study carbomonoxyhemoglobin photolysis.
ref: 2008, Bernhard Schrader, Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy: Methods and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 358:
text: The formation of carbomonoxyhemoglobin has been shown by Weiss to take place by the same mechanism as does the formation of oxyhemoglobin.
ref: 2012, M.M. Taqui Khan, Activation Of Small Inorganic Molecules, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 87:
glosses: Synonym of carboxyhemoglobin.
synonyms: word: carboxyhemoglobin
WCMX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Initialism of wheelchair motocross. Coined by analogy with BMX (“bike motocross”).
Senses: glosses: Wheelchair motocross.
wheelchair motocross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wheelchair (“WC”) + motocross (“MX”). Coined by analogy with bicycle motocross (“BMX”).
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: disability
glosses: The parasport equivalent of BMX but using a wheelchair.
Synonyms: word: WCMX
Related terms: alt: BMX
word: bike motocross
english: motorcycle motocross
translation: motorcycle motocross
alt: MX
word: motocross
Greenlandicness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Greenlandic + -ness.
Senses: glosses: quality of being Greenlandic
stintedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more stintedly
form: most stintedly
Etymology: From stinted + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He was content to lie hard, and live stintedly—he had spent the greater part of his remaining money in buying another poniard: his hunger and his thirst were after nothing exquisite but an exquisite vengeance.
ref: 1862 July – 1863 August, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “The Black Marks Become Magical”, in Romola. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1863, →OCLC, book II, pages 219–220:
glosses: In a constrained manner; with restraint or sacrifice.
Synonyms: constrainedly
Related terms: stint
stinted
rulley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹʌli/
Forms: form: rulleys
form: rully
Senses: examples: text: When a trolley was fully loaded it was moved to a narrow platform (called a butting strip) against which rulleys [f]or the various town delivery districts were backed, and the goods were transferred from the trolley to the rulleys.
ref: 1944 March and April, T. F. Cameron, “The Working of Marshalling Yards and Goods Sheds”, in Railway Magazine, page 85:
text: We picked up the Ellerbecks at the Station — as Chapel Steward he'd been kept a seat at Mr Dowthwaite's right hand on the first rulley — then on to town where market day slowed us to a walk and, sometimes, a halt, as other wagons manoeuvred on the cobbled square.
ref: 1982 [1980], J L Carr, A Month in the Country, Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books/Harvester Press, →ISBN, page 97:
glosses: A four-wheeled horse- or tractor-drawn wagon, usually with low or non-existent sides, used for farm work, to carry goods and, on occasion, people. Fixed rear axle, turntable front axle.
Derived terms: rulleyman
strandflat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈstɹænd.flæt/
Forms: form: strandflats
Etymology: From Norwegian strandflate, a compound of strand (“beach”) and flate (“surface; plain; level area”). The E is not present because of comparison to flat (relatively level surface of land).
Senses: examples: text: However, a variety of drowned glacial valleys called fjards have developed in the low-relief rocky coast of northern Sweden, having cross-sections with less steep walls and presenting some lateral terraces which may be confused with strandflats.
ref: 1995, Gerardo M.E. Perillo, Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Estuaries, page 29:
glosses: A coastal landform consisting of a near-flat erosion surface typical of the Norwegian coast.
wikipedia: Helgeland
strandflats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strandflat
bean jar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cassoulet-type bean dish from Guernsey.
king's purse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: king's purses
Senses: glosses: The top prize in certain horse races.
glosses: The royal treasury.
king's purses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of king's purse
Fabianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fabianists
Etymology: From Fabian + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Fabianism.
Fabianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fabianist
embrewe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: ...to colour the better his action, and the more to embrewe the handes of his accomplices by making the builie of such a trespasse […]
ref: 1590, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, volume 2:
glosses: embrew; stain
glosses: soak
electroelutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electroelution
Etobicoke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈtoʊ.bɪ.koʊ/
enpr: ĭtōʹbĭkō
Etymology: From Ojibwe Wadoopikaang (wah-do-be-kang, “where the alders grow”) . From the Mississaugas name of the land between the Etobicoke Creek and the Humber River. First transliterated into English as Ato-be-coake, becoming Tobacock, before becoming Etobicoke.
Senses: synonyms: Township of Etobicoke
Etobicoke Township
glosses: A suburban district and former city in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
synonyms: Etobicoke River
Etobicoke Creek
glosses: A river in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada; in full, Etobicoke Creek.
Derived terms: Etobicoke Centre
Etobicoke City Centre
Etobicoke Creek
Etobicoke North
Etobicoke River
Etobicoke West
Little Etobicoke
Little Etobicoke Creek
FMVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FMV
exothecal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exotheca + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the exotheca.
floating hearts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floating heart
Huainanzi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 淮南子 (Huáinánzǐ, “Writings of the Masters South of the Huai River”), the usual Chinese name of the work, from its origin among the scholars at the court of Liu An, prince of Huainan.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A 2nd-century bc record of Chinese mythology, legend, history, and thought.
wikipedia: Liu An
prince of Huainan
-glot
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “tongue; language”).
Senses: glosses: language
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: tongue
Xiangyao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 相繇 (Xiāngyáo).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Xiangliu, a monster.
synonyms: word: Xiangliu
extra: a monster
Xiangliu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 相柳 (Xiāngliǔ).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A hydra-like monster which terrorized the world in prehistory.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The moon of the dwarf planet Gonggong.
Synonyms: Xiangyao
Kanghui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kɒŋ.hwi/
/kɑŋ-/
Etymology: From Mandarin 康回 (Kānghuí).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Personal name of Gonggong, a monster.
Gonggong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɔŋ(ˈ)ɡɔŋ/
Forms: form: Gong Gong
form: Gong-Gong
form: Gong-gong
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 共工 (Gònggōng) (or 龔工／龚工 (Gōnggōng)), the name of the mythological figure.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A water god or monster who terrorized prehistoric China
qualifier: Astronomy
glosses: A dwarf planet orbiting in the scattered disc. Its moon is Xiangliu.
Synonyms: topics: mythology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: Kanghui
sense: celestial body
word: 🝽
Caledon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.lə.dən/
Senses: glosses: A town in Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Derived terms: Caledon jade green
Dalen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dalens
Etymology: From Norwegian Dalen.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
Lusong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Buenavista, Bohol, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Tuburan, Cebu, Philippines.
bike motocross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bike (“bicycle”) + motocross (“motorcycle”). From being the bicycle analogue of motorcycle motocross.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of BMX.
synonyms: word: BMX
bicycle motocross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bicycle + motocross (“motorcycle”). From being the pedalling analogue of motorcycle motocross.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of BMX.
synonyms: word: BMX
Leonardos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Leonardo
aponeurology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of aponeuroses
in one's wildest dreams
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: At the same time, the Count de B—— very philanthropically hired an old discolored-looking horse, which was grazing peaceably outside the hut, and mounting the astonished quadruped, who had never, in his wildest dreams, calculated upon having so fine a chevalier on his back, galloped off in search of more solid food, while we set the Indian women to baking tortillas.
ref: 1843, Calderón de la Barca, Life in Mexico:
text: Those most rural routes will not get overhead wires. As Reeve told the seminar: "Even in my wildest dreams, I can't see a business case for electrifying the Far North Line."
ref: 2022 August 10, Philip Haigh, “Scotland switched on to electrification”, in RAIL, number 963, page 35:
glosses: Much better than one could ever expect.
raw_tags: normally in the negative
welfare capitalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of capitalism that includes social welfare policies.
beyond one's wildest dreams
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: In the weeks that followed they gathered store of fur, not only in quantity, but in quality beyond their wildest dreams. And when one day they took a veritable black fox from a trap, they felt that at last fortune was treating them according to their deserts.
ref: 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:
glosses: Alternative form of in one's wildest dreams.
miscontrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɪskənˈtɹoʊl/
Forms: form: miscontrols
Etymology: From mis- + control.
Senses: glosses: poor control
miscontrol
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /mɪskənˈtɹoʊl/
Forms: form: miscontrols
form: miscontrolling
form: miscontrolled
form: miscontrolled
Etymology: From mis- + control.
Senses: examples: text: England found chances a rarity, although Liverpool striker Solanke almost made it a dream debut in the closing seconds, only to miscontrol at the far post.
ref: 2017 November 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-0 Brazil”, in BBC News:
glosses: to control poorly
social welfare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The provision of a minimal level of well-being and support for citizens and other eligible residents who lack current means to support basic needs.
Walenz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
slip back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slips back
form: slipping back
form: slipped back
form: slipped back
Senses: examples: text: The 20-year-old started life as a central defender at Charlton Athletic and even though he has been used on the right side of defence by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp he slipped back into his old routine with real aplomb, showing his awareness with a series of crucial interceptions.
ref: 2017 November 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-0 Brazil”, in BBC News:
glosses: To return to a previous habit
bakers' dozens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: When some half dozen of bakers' dozens of constables are to be created, is it not very tiresome that a magistrate shall sit in an easy arm chair, in a snug room, and before a roaring fire, whilst the oath is read to each, and whilst each kisses the book, until the moisture of their breath has saturated with damp, the sheep or calf skin in which the book is packed up? There is something very tedious and unpleasant in all this, and great praise is due to the steward of Squire Screw, for having invented the means by which such annoying forms may be set aside.
ref: [1839], chapter I, in The Factory Lad. Or, The Life of Simon Smike; Exemplifying the Horrors of White Slavery, London: Printed and published by Thomas White, 59, Wych Street, Strand, →OCLC, page 10, column 1:
text: "[…] But the police have an idea that I committed—" / "What—for the love of Mike?" / "Murder!" / "Good heavens!" / "And that isn't all, Bob. They've a couple of bakers' dozens of witnesses, all cocked and primed to swear to it!"
ref: 1921 April 16, Achmed Abdullah, “Framed at the Benefactor’s Club”, in Detective Story Magazine; reprinted in Fear and Other Stories from the Pulps, [Holicong, Pa.?]: Wildside Press, 2005, →ISBN, chapter IV (In His Pocket), page 104:
glosses: plural of baker's dozen.
sleep like a dog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sleeps like a dog
form: sleeping like a dog
form: slept like a dog
form: slept like a dog
Senses: examples: text: Skookum Bill, full of restless, tireless energy when on the trail, now passed to the other extreme. He slept like a dog, sixteen hours a day, rising to eat and smoke, and then falling back in his bunk, where he coiled himself very much like a hibernating bear. He was stupid with sleep, drugged with it, and he did absolutely nothing, leaving all the work to his partner.
ref: 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Synonym of sleep like a log.
synonyms: word: sleep like a log
earth mother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earth mothers
Senses: examples: text: Simple, plump, earth mother Jennifer is married to thin, sensitive and unstable Lyn, who is still under the cloud of his dominating mother (Hester) and aggressive half-brother (Matthew), an avaricious publisher.
ref: 1985 February 2, Andrea Freud Loewenstein, “Lust, Guilt and Authentic Lesbian Lives”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 11:
text: And Helga for whatever reason, looks after him. She's an earth mother, in a way..
ref: 2001, Martha Moody, Best Friends, Riverhead Books,, →ISBN:
glosses: A particularly caring/nurturing woman.
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Earth Mother.
sh'd
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: "The low-down, ornery cuss!" said Dobbs. "The nerve of him, crowdin' in on us, just as if there wasn't lots of other places for him to go!"
"I sh'd say so!" Bill concurred.
ref: 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:
glosses: Contraction of should.
serve notice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: serves notice
form: serving notice
form: served notice
form: served notice
Senses: examples: text: One who desires to assert his right to the possession of a horse by virtue of his lien must ascertain the real owner and serve notice on him.
ref: 1894, Leonard Augustus Jones, A Treatise on the Law of Liens, Common Law, Statutory, Equitable and Maritime, →ISBN:
topics: law
glosses: To officially give a legal notice to.
examples: text: Those same philosophy articles then immediately serve notice that, for simplicity, they will discuss only belief.
ref: 2000, Nalini Bhushan, Stuart Rosenfeld, Of Minds and Molecules: New Philosophical Perspectives on Chemistry, →ISBN:
glosses: To warn or announce.
examples: text: "One white man." said Bill, after a brief inspection. "Out on his line, I s'pose, and there's no tellin' when he'll be back. So we won't wait. We'll just serve notice on him."
ref: 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:
glosses: To fire; to terminate one's employment or formal association.
Synonyms: sense: terminate employment
word: axe
word: let go
word: sack
word: lay off