cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
forelast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: fore-last
Etymology: From fore- + last. In some instances of more recent use, perhaps also a calque of German vorletzte or Dutch voorlaatst.
Senses: examples: text: Certain disyllables, being both Nouns and Verbs, are distinguished by the Accent: the Verb having it in the last, and the Noun in the fore-last[…]
ref: 1633, Charles Butler, The English Grammar, Oxford, page 57, spelling modernized:
text: The only difference between the 12 song books selected, which is at all worth mentioning, is that Aiken, Gantvoort, Jepson, Ripley, Zeiner have in the forelast bar—[sheet music] whereas[…]
ref: 1909, Oscar Sonneck, compiler, Report on the "Star-Spangled Banner", "Hail Columbia", "America", "Yankee Doodle", Washington: Government Printing Office, page 73:
text: [T]he #92;dot#123;V#125;#95;#123;O#95;2#125; increased continuously until the end of the exercise test and the values collected during the forelast minute are 95% of the maximal values during the last minute of the text.
ref: 2012 [1973], J.M.R. Detry, Exercise Testing and Training in Coronary Heart Disease, Springer Netherlands, →ISBN, page 44:
text: The second statement is a special case of the forelast, and the forelast one follows from the last, whose proof is obvious[…]
ref: 2012 [1992], Konrad Jacobs, Discrete Stochastics, Springer Basel AG, →ISBN, page 36:
text: when the blight came on the crop the summer forelast he would not help us.
ref: 2003 [2002], Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Orlando: Harcourt, →ISBN, page 270:
synonyms: penultimate
glosses: Next to last, second to last.
don't look now
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to alert the listener of danger, so that one may flee while the attacker thinks they are still unseen.
examples: text: Oh, yeah? Well, don't look now, but we're on the grass!
text: Dad: You shouldn't be afraid of the ocean, Marvin. Just think of it as a giant bathtub.
Marvin: Well, don't look now, but my rubber ducky just grew a fin.
ref: 1986, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
glosses: Used to point out something the speaker feels is obvious.
tadie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of toddy.
tadee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of toddy.
qtrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qtr
qtrly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of quarterly.
laghman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laghmans
form: lagman
Etymology: From Uyghur لەڭمەن (lengmen, “lengmen”), from Chinese 拉麵 /拉面 (lāmiàn). Doublet of lamian, ramen, and ramyeon.
Senses: glosses: A Central Asian dish of pulled noodles, meat and vegetables.
quadratting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quadrat
quadratted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quadrat
Qabbala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kabbalah.
quadder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadders
Etymology: From quad + -er.
Senses: examples: text: She felt herself shrink in humiliation when a couple of quadders zipped by on the forestry road, likely judging her […]
ref: 2011, Angie Abdou, The Canterbury Trail:
text: This road is a popular destination for local quadders. The distance is about 40 km (25 mi) one-way. The riding is easy and it is quite scenic.
ref: 2020, Russell Mussio, Manitoba Backroad Mapbook, page 169:
glosses: One who rides a quad bike.
glosses: A typesetting device that handles spacing.
quadders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadder
quad meet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quad meets
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A competition between four teams.
quad meets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quad meet
quake grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quake grasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quaking grass.
quake grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quake grass
guberniums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gubernium
quare impedit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quare impedits
Etymology: From Latin [Term?] (literally “why he hinders”), from the words of the ancient writ that started the proceeding until the 19th century.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A writ in English law commencing a common-law action for deciding a disputed right of presentation to a benefice, a right known as an advowson.
quare impedits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quare impedit
quarterly quartered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Synonym of counterquartered.
synonyms: word: counterquartered
quasilegislative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + legislative.
Senses: glosses: Having a resemblance to a legislative system or process.
queen cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queen cells
Senses: glosses: A special cell in a beehive for the queen bee, having a peanut-like shape and texture.
Related terms: queen cup
queen cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queen cell
queen cup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queen cups
Senses: glosses: A large, vertically oriented cell in a beehive that will develop into the queen cell.
queen cups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queen cup
LWA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Work on a left-wing authoritarianism (LWA) scale, created by replacing the conservatively loaded words and groups mentioned in the original RWA scale with liberal equivalents, has provided initial evidence for LWA.
ref: 2021, Stanley Feldman, Vittorio Mérola, and Justin Dollman, “THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AUTHORITARIANISM AND SUPPORT FOR ILLIBERAL POLICIES AND PARTIES”, in Vittorio Merola, pages 647-648:
topics: government
politics
antonyms: RWA
glosses: Initialism of left-wing authoritarianism.
Red Ukrainian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Red Ukrainians
Etymology: From red + Ukrainian; see red (“communist”).
Senses: examples: text: The so-called Red Ukrainians, who ideologically support the Soviet Union, are mostly agnostics and atheists.
ref: 1950, Seymour Martin Lipset, Agrarian Socialism: The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in Saskatchewan, page 170:
glosses: A Communist Ukrainian or person of Ukrainian ethnicity.
trespass to chattels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Relying on the allegations detailed above, Glacier claimed that the Union intentionally destroyed the company’s concrete and that this conduct amounted to common law conversion and trespass to chattels.
ref: 2023, Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. Teamsters (U.S. Supreme Court No. 21–1449), Majority opinion
topics: law
glosses: The tort of intentionally interfering with another person's lawful possession of a chattel (movable personal property).
Aiwo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district on the west side of Nauru.
furnitured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more furnitured
form: most furnitured
Senses: glosses: Of a building or room, having furniture installed; a less common word for furnished.
queen excluder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queen excluders
Senses: topics: agriculture
beekeeping
business
lifestyle
glosses: A selective barrier inside a beehive that allows workers past, but not the larger queens and drones.
queen excluders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queen excluder
querimana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: querimanas
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A mugilid in the pelagic juvenile development stage.
querimanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of querimana
quicksilver weed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The herbaceous plant Thalictrum dioicum.
question of privilege
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: questions of privilege
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: In parliamentary procedure, a request related to the rights and privileges of the assembly or any of its members.
questions of privilege
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of question of privilege
japamala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: japamalas
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit जपमाला (japamālā, “rosary”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mala (“religious set of beads”).
synonyms: word: mala
extra: religious set of beads
japamalas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of japamala
gzi bead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gzi beads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dzi bead.
gzi beads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gzi bead
dzi bead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈziːbiːd/
Forms: form: dzi beads
form: gzi bead
Etymology: From Tibetan གཟི། (gzi).
Senses: glosses: A kind of stone bead worn as an ornament for spiritual purposes in Tibet and other Central Asian cultures.
dzi beads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dzi bead
Umwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ooma
form: Uma
Senses: glosses: A village on Banaba, Kiribati.
souanpan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of suanpan.
monolexicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The property of being monolexical.
monolexically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a monolexical manner.
questionmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: questionmasters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of question-master.
questionmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of questionmaster
Ooma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Umwa, Banaba, Kiribati (possibly older spelling).
quill mite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quill mites
Senses: glosses: A syringophilid.
quill mites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quill mite
quinophan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originally a trade name.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of cinchophen.
synonyms: word: cinchophen
quotlibet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kwŏt′lə-bĕt′
ipa: /ˈkwɒt.ləˌbɛt/
note: older Received Pronunciation
ipa: /ˈkwɔːt.ləˌbɛt/
ipa: /ˈkwɑt.ləˌbɛt/
ipa: /ˈkwɔt.ləˌbɛt/
ipa: /ˈkwɑt.ləˌbɛt/
ipa: /ˈkwɔt.ləˌbet/
ipa: /ˈkwɒt.ləˌbet/
ipa: /ˈkwɔʈ.liˌbɛʈ/
rhymes: -ɒtləbɛt
Forms: form: quotlibets
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Obsolete form of quodlibet.
quotlibets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quotlibet
rabbit ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rabbit balls
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A lively ball that easily travels far off the bat.
rabbit balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rabbit ball
rabbit bandicoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rabbit bandicoots
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bilby.
synonyms: word: bilby
rabbit bandicoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rabbit bandicoot
rabble-rouse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rabble-rouses
form: rabble-rousing
form: rabble-roused
form: rabble-roused
Senses: examples: text: In her important and timely book, The Enemy Within, the noble Baroness, Lady Warsi, recalled how her party had rabble-roused the party faithful at conferences and meetings against gay people and enacted legislation that stigmatised them from birth.
ref: 2017 April 6, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, “Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill”, in House of Lords Hansard^(https://web.archive.org/web/20220118102936/https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2017-04-06/debates/DBCDBCA0-DBBE-4C28-9A01-34326423D743/MerchantShipping(HomosexualConduct)Bill#contribution-BF0F52A7-F982-4704-8B68-4F4A4CA1ED16), volume 782, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2022, column 1178:
glosses: To act as a rabble rouser; to stir up a mob of people.
rabble-rouses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rabble-rouse
rabble-roused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rabble-rouse
marsh rabbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marsh rabbits
Senses: glosses: Sylvilagus palustris, a small cottontail rabbit found in marshes and swamps of coastal regions of the Eastern and Southern United States.
marsh rabbits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marsh rabbit
little friend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little friends
Senses: examples: text: The little friend of 2 is 3 because 2 + 3 = 5.
text: In Sessions 6 and 7, the little friends (terminology that refers to the numbers that are missing to reach another number, e.g., the number 1 is missing 4 to reach 5, so 1 is a little friend of 4) were applied in addition to being used when a calculation could not be performed directly because there were not enough pieces in the row to be added. In Sessions 8 and 9, the same little friends were used, but, in this case, when there are not enough pieces in the row to be subtracted.
ref: 2021 February 21, Samuel P. León, María del Carmen Carcelén Fraile, Inmaculada García-Martínez, “Development of Cognitive Abilities through the Abacus in Primary Education Students: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial”, in Education Sciences, volume 11, number 2, Basel, Switzerland: MDPI, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
topics: education
synonyms: small friend
qualifier: abacus jargon
glosses: A natural number which when added to another number equals 5.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, friend.
Coordinate terms: big friend
Flemish Giant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Flemish Giants
Senses: glosses: The largest breed of domestic rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus.
little friends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little friend
Flemish Giants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Flemish Giant
Tabwewa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tabewa
form: Tapiwa
Senses: glosses: A village on Banaba, Kiribati.
rabfak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rabfaks
Etymology: From Russian рабфак (rabfak).
Senses: glosses: A type of educational institution in the Soviet Union that prepared Soviet workers to enter institutions of higher education.
big friend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big friends
Senses: examples: text: The big friend of 3 is 7 because 3 + 7 = 10.
text: I tried learning abacus but left it cause it was too boring for me. All I learnt was 7 is the big friend of 3 lol.
ref: 2023 May 17, u/silly_rabbit289, “Shakuntala Devi The Indian who was known as a human computer for her mental math skills.”, in Reddit, r/nextfuckinglevel, archived from the original on 17 May 2023:
topics: education
qualifier: abacus jargon
glosses: A natural number which when added to another number equals 10.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, friend.
Coordinate terms: little friend
rabfaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rabfak
big friends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big friend
Tapiwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tabwewa, Banaba, Kiribati (possibly an older spelling).
Gurewitch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
racehorse keno
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: An older form of keno in which each number was accompanied by the name of a racehorse.
interstages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interstage
UKGC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of United Kingdom Gambling Commission.
ingress, egress, and regress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It had ever been the custom of the family, and by length of time was almost become a matter of common right, that the eldest son of it should have free ingress, egress, and regress into foreign parts before marriage—not only for the sake of bettering his own private parts, by the benefit of exercise and change of so much air—but simply for the mere delectation of his fancy, by the feather put into his cap, of having been abroad—tantum valet, my father would say, quantum sonat.
ref: 1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […]:
topics: law
property
glosses: The right to enter, leave, and reenter.
raw_tags: of a property or land
rafraîchissoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹəˌfɹɛʃɪˈswɑː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: rafraîchissoirs
Etymology: From French rafraîchissoir.
Senses: glosses: A kind of dining table with shelves and inset wells for cooling bottles.
rafraîchissoirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rafraîchissoir
milk fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milk fruits
Senses: glosses: The star apple
young, dumb, and full of come
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: You're a real blue flame special, aren't you, son? Young, dumb and full of come, I know. What I don't know is how you got assigned here. Guess we must just have ourselves an asshole shortage, huh?
ref: 1991, W. Peter Iliff, Point Break, spoken by Ben Harp (John C. McGinley):
text: Young, dumb and full of come, they take a road trip to a distant beach with a glamorous but troubled older woman, Luisa (Maribel Verdu), and get an education at her hands that is anything but sentimental.
ref: 2002 April 12, Peter Bradshaw, “Three go mad in Mexico”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of young, dumb, and full of cum.
tramplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tramplates
Etymology: From tram + plate.
Senses: examples: text: Its [the Penydarren Tramroad's] value diminished considerably with the opening of the Taff Vale Railway in 1841, but the line remained in use until 1875, and the tramplates were not removed until 1890. […] Views and dimensions of a 3-ft. tramplate from the Penydarren Tramroad
ref: 1948 November and December, “Notes and News: Early Tramplates”, in Railway Magazine, page 412, including photo caption:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A type of iron rail used on a tramroad.
tramplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tramplate.
air staff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air staffs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: The chief commander, flag officers, and bureau in charge of a military's air branch. The headqaurters general staff of an air force.
Coordinate terms: admiralty
Air Chief Marshal
air lord
air marshal
general staff
headquarters
sky lord
sky marshal
staff
Red Ukrainians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Red Ukrainian
climatic optimum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: climatic optima
form: climatic optimums
Senses: topics: biology
climatology
geography
geology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
antonyms: climatic pessimum
glosses: Any time period, ranging from a few centuries to millions of years, marked by persistently warm temperatures.
Admiralties
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Admiralty Islands: A group of islands of South Pacific, Pacific Ocean.
synonyms: word: Admiralty Islands
extra: A group of islands of South Pacific, Pacific Ocean
Related terms: Admiralty
TSMC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In recent weeks, Buffett had repeatedly expressed concerns over the future of Taiwan, the self-governed democratic island where TSMC is based.
ref: 2023 May 16, Michelle Toh, “Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sells entire stake in TSMC”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Initialism of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
grippy sock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grippy socks
Senses: glosses: A hospital sock.
Derived terms: grippy sock hotel
grippy sock jail
grippy sock vacation
notebookless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From notebook + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a notebook.
grippy socks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grippy sock
hospital sock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hospital socks
Senses: synonyms: grippy sock
glosses: A type of sock, with a treaded sole, provided to patients at hospitals (including mental hospitals), helping them walk on the hard floor without slipping, as patients' shoes are typically removed before they are treated.
hospital socks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hospital sock
grippy socks vacation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grippy socks vacations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grippy sock vacation.
Marfleet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An eastern suburb of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1429).
run point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs point
form: running point
form: ran point
form: run point
Senses: examples: text: John hustled to the front and ran point. Three armed Hezbollah men appeared from the barracks to their right. John stopped, planted his feet, and fired from the standing position: pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop.
ref: 2013, Howard E[ugene] Wasdin, Stephen Templin, Easy Day for the Dead: A SEAL Team Six Outcasts Novel, New York, N.Y. […]: Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 194:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Synonym of take point (“to assume the first and most exposed position in a formation”).
synonyms: word: take point
extra: to assume the first and most exposed position in a formation
examples: text: The administration enlisted a smart, seasoned diplomat, Kurt Volker, to run point on its Ukraine policy.
ref: 2017 October 4, Antony J. Blinken, “Time for the Trump Administration to Arm Ukraine”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 May 2023:
text: Whether he was running point at an Ohio rally or sitting rod-straight with a fixed grimace while Trump went commando at a photo op, the prime minister managed to navigate the circus without getting eaten by the lions.
ref: 2019 October 2, Peter Lewis, “It infuriates progressives but Australians think our US relationship is more important than who the president is”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2022:
glosses: Synonym of take point (“to assume a key role in an operation”).
synonyms: word: take point
extra: to assume a key role in an operation
run point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of run point
runs point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run point
running point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of run point
ran point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run point
mock-Tudor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mock-Tudor
form: most mock-Tudor
Senses: examples: text: [neighborhoods] like Gants Hill, with mock-Tudor houses and gardens and garages, taking with them their skills, cash and aspirations.
ref: 1843, “A dynamic mayor’s plans for his borough may be good for Newham, less so for London”, in The Economist, volume 404, page 52:
text: ANGELA:[…] I like those old Tudor houses round here.
LAURENCE: No, Angela: Mock-Tudor.
ANGELA: Are they?
LAURENCE: Oh, yes. There are some real Tudor properties in Hadley Village itself. But the ones you’re thinking of are Mock-Tudor.
ref: 1982, Mike Leigh, Abigail’s Party, page 72:
text: When one walks around mock-Tudor or Neo-Georgian housing estates, the natural tendency is to think not of Elizabeth and George, but of the outlook and aspirations of the people who have chosen to live there.
ref: 1990, Paul Greenhalgh, “Introduction”, in Modernism in Design, page 20:
topics: architecture
glosses: Tudor revival; in the style of Tudor architecture (of buildings after the Tudor period, especially those built in the 19th or 20th century).
Related terms: word: mock Tudor
word: Tudorbethan
word: Jacobethan
word: pseudo-Tudo
mock Tudor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mock Tudors
Senses: examples: text: Some of the more common characteristics of a mock Tudor, or Tudor revival house are: Decorative half-timbering, or exposed wood framing usually dark in color.
ref: 2012 April 3, Meg Fairfax Fielding, “Mock Tudors”, in Pigtown Design:
text: Tudor Revival Homes, also known as Mock Tudors, were popular in both the United States and the United Kingdom in the late 19th century.
ref: 2016 December 12, False Lucidity, “Tudor Revival House”, in Skymods:
text: The homes that you may recognize are known as Tudor revivals or mock Tudors, the majority of which were built in the suburbs of the Northeast and Midwest United States from the late 1890s to the early 1940s.
ref: 2022 September 1, “Tudor Style Houses”, in Rocket Homes:
glosses: An example of Tudor revival architecture; a house or other building featuring styles associated with medieval English vernacular architecture.
Related terms: word: mock-Tudor
word: Tudorbethan
word: Jacobethan
Twopenny Tube
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Twopenny Tube
form: Tupenny Tube
Senses: glosses: The London Underground
binkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binkies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of binky.
mugfaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mugfakers
Etymology: From mug (“face”) + faker (“peddler”).
Senses: glosses: A street photographer who takes people's portraits.
snapshotist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snapshotists
Etymology: From snapshot + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A photographer who takes snapshots.
modified Harvard architecture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modified Harvard architectures
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A variation of the Harvard computer architecture, allowing the contents of the instruction memory to be accessed as data.
modified Harvard architectures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modified Harvard architecture
white chili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white chilis
Senses: glosses: A variety of chili (dish made with chili peppers, beans, etc.) made with chicken or turkey, white beans, and broth (rather than tomatoes), thus having a lighter color.
white chilis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white chili
backdoor progression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backdoor progressions
Senses: examples: text: A backdoor progression in C (Fm⁷→B♭⁷→C):
{1}
glosses: A chord progression of iv⁷ to ♭VII⁷ to I, common in jazz.
governor-esses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of governor-ess
synkinematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of synorogenic.
synonyms: word: synorogenic
noodlery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noodleries
Etymology: From noodle + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: The long approach to Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine has budget noodleries and regular Japanese meals.
ref: 1964 February 17, Jay and Sumi Gluck, “Personally Oriented: The Tokaido III—Kamakura”, in The Japan Times, 68th year, number 23,379, page 8, column 4:
text: In the eight-block Ginza area you can wet your whistle at 1,150 bars and cabarets, or play rice hockey at nearly 150 western restaurants, 80 sushi shops, 75 Chinese eateries, 36 sukiyaki houses, 34 tempura spots, 30 noodleries, 20 yakitori kitchens, 12 eel grills, and about 100 all-purpose beaneries.
ref: 1968, Don Briggs, Inside Amazing Tokyo: A Confidential Guide to the Greatest, Tokyo; San Francisco, Calif.: Don Briggs Productions, page 70:
text: In spite of inflation, energy shortages, economic contraction, and all the rest of it, trains were jammed to capacity, shops and stores thronged with shoppers, and hotels booked up in advance, especially in scenic spots, where room-rates are most expensive, and hordes of people in restaurants (even noodleries) ate as though at their last meal.
ref: 1976, Donald R. Kelley, Kenneth R. Stunkel, Richard R. Wescott, The Economic Superpowers and the Environment: The United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan, San Francisco, Calif.: W. H. Freeman and Company, →ISBN, page 249:
text: Eager to make amends and fed up with the cheap noodleries, Chinese restaurants and pricey, trendoid Thai places that all claim to serve good food from that enchanted land but don’t, I returned to this old haunt with a favourite adventureress.
ref: 2001 March 30, Ashok Chandwani, “Thailande a sure track to spicy bliss”, in The Gazette, Montreal, Que., page D 12:
text: Mary, correctly assuming shopping was not pencilled in on my agenda, kindly left me at a quick service noodlery, and uttering perhaps the most spoken and certainly greatest lie, ‘Won’t be five minutes’, shot off into the glister and temptation of a hundred or more shops, all in line, and open.
ref: 2009, Mary Perry, Edward Garner, Adonis & Bignose in China: Teaching, Travels and Tea, Durban: Just Done Productions Publishing, →ISBN, page 277:
glosses: A restaurant that specializes in noodle dishes.
noodleries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noodlery
emutail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emutails
Etymology: From emu + tail.
Senses: glosses: A bird of the species Bradypterus seebohmi or Bradypterus brunneus, native to Madagascar.
goldenthroat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goldenthroats
Senses: glosses: A hummingbird of the genus Polytmus, native to South America.
charcoalify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: charcoalifies
form: charcoalifying
form: charcoalified
form: charcoalified
Etymology: From charcoal + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: Periodic wildfire swept through the seasonally dry heaths, consuming the more flammable components of the vegetation such as conifers but charcoalifying the thick, heavily cutinized and comparatively resin-deficient Phlebopteris fronds.
ref: 2000, Russell Lindsay Hall, Paul Lawrence Smith, editors, Advances in Jurassic Research 2000: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Jurassic System, Trans Tech Publications, page 507:
text: Fig. 3.2.3.1[…](d,e) Angiosperm wood charcoalified by hot ash fall, Montserrat;
ref: 2001, A. C. Scott, “3.2.3: Preservation By Fire”, in Derek E. G. Briggs, Peter R. Crowther, editors, Palaeobiology II (paperback), Blackwell, published 2003, page 279:
text: Wood and leaves are more likely to decay but even these can have their preservation potential increased dramatically by being charcoalified by partial burning prior to burial.
ref: 2010, Angela L. Coe, Geological Field Techniques, Wiley-Blackwell, page 85:
glosses: Synonym of charcoalize.
synonyms: word: charcoalize
charcoalifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of charcoalify
charcoalifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of charcoalify
Govs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gov.
charcoalified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of charcoalify
charcoalified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: 2015, Howard G. Falcon-Lang, Francine Kurzawe, Spencer G. Lucas, Walchian Charcoalified Wood from the Early Community Pit Formation in Prehistoric Trackways National Monument, New Mexico, Spencer G. Lucas, William A. DiMichele (editors), Carboniferous-Permian Transition in the Robledo Mountains, Southern New Mexico, Bulletin 65, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, page 116,
The charcoalified fossil wood in the lowermost part of the channel-fill accumulated at, or shortly after, sea-level lowstand.
text: 2017, A.T. Brasier, et al., Earliest Cretaceous cocoons or plant seed structures from the Wealden Group, Hastings UK, A. T. Brasier, D. McIlroy, N. McLoughlin (editors), Earth System Evolution and Early Life, Geological Society of London, Special Publication 448, page 401,
These objects were found within the Fairlight Clay, associated with fossil charcoalified wood.
text: Many early fossil flowers and fruits are preserved as charcoalified materials (Friis et al. 2010, 2011).
ref: 2018, Douglas Soltis, Pamela Soltis, Peter Endress, Mark Chase, Steven Manchester, Walter Judd, Lucas Majure, Evgeny Mavrodiev, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Angiosperms, Revised edition, University of Chicago Press, page 27:
glosses: Charcoalized.
lancebill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lancebills
Etymology: From lance + bill.
Senses: glosses: A hummingbird of the genus Doryfera, native to South America.
liocichla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liocichlas
Etymology: From translingual Liocichla.
Senses: glosses: A bird of the genus Liocichla, native to China, Southeast Asia and India.
Derived terms: Bugun liocichla
madanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: madangas
Senses: glosses: A bird of the species Anthus ruficollis, native to island of Buru.
Derwenlas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Cadfarch community, north-west Powys, Wales, historically in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SN7299).
Czechophone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Czech + -o- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: Czech-speaking.
Czechophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Czechophones
Etymology: From Czech + -o- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: A speaker of Czech.
Cadfarch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The name of a 6th-century Welsh saint.
Senses: glosses: A community (civil parish) in north-west Powys, Wales.
Albery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bird hide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bird hides
Senses: glosses: A hideout or blind constructed for watching birds unnoticed, typically a hut or wall with holes in it.
ukrynazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ukrynazis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ukronazi.
ukranazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ukranazis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ukronazi.
ukro-nazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ukro-nazis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ukronazi.
half-half
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: fifty-fifty; half and half
GB/T
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin GB/T, from Mandarin 國標/推薦 /国标/推荐 (guóbiāo/tuījiàn).
Senses: glosses: The set of recommended national standards of the People's Republic of China
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: An electric vehicle charging standard, defining the physical plug, communications protocol, and charging method.
Hypernyms: sense: set of standards
alt: Guobiao
word: GB
GB/T
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GB/Ts
Etymology: From Mandarin GB/T, from Mandarin 國標/推薦 /国标/推荐 (guóbiāo/tuījiàn).
Senses: glosses: A recommended national standard of the People's Republic of China
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A plug, cable, charger, or outlet using the electric vehicle charging standard
Coordinate terms: topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: CCS
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: CCS1
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: CCS2
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: CHAdeMO
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: J1772
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: Type 1
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: Type 2
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: Type 3
causal links
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of causal link
cavalcates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cavalcate
cave divers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cave diver
cave hyenas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cave hyena
cavernostomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cavernostomy
cavernous sinuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cavernous sinus
Caviteños
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Caviteño
Ceausescu moments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ceausescu moment
cebrionids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cebrionid
ceftazidimases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceftazidimase
celiac arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celiac artery
celiac trunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celiac trunk
celioscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celioscopy
cellotetraosyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellotetraosyl
cellotriosyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellotriosyl
celures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celure
cenosites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cenosite
censoresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of censoress
center taps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of center tap
center-backs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of center-back
love boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phencyclidine.
synonyms: word: phencyclidine
centinodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centinode
central retinal arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of central retinal artery
centre-bits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centre-bit
centrifusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centrifusion
centrocoels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centrocoel
centrolobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centrolobe
cephalopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalopathy
cephalopelvimetries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalopelvimetry
cephalotropisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalotropism
ceramahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceramah
chinchalok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cincalok.
cerebellar arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerebellar artery
cencaluk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cincalok.
cerebellotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerebellotomy
cerebrotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerebrotomy
cerliponases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerliponase
cerulean blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerulean blue
cervical arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cervical artery
cervical plexuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cervical plexus
cesarewiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cesarewich
cesiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cesiation
cesticides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cesticide
ceticides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceticide
chadrools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chadrool
chaetoblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaetoblast
chafurosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chafuroside
Chagalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chagall
has one's Weetabix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have one's Weetabix
having one's Weetabix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have one's Weetabix
had one's Weetabix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have one's Weetabix
fellahdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fellah + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of fellah (agricultural labourer).
lived one's best life
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of live one's best life
living one's best life
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of live one's best life
lives one's best life
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of live one's best life
RARP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
destigmatizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: destigmatizers
Etymology: From destigmatize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who destigmatizes.
destigmatizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of destigmatizer
ODDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ODD
yikes on bikes
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: yikes on trikes
Senses: examples: text: "She was not a stripper, Gram," Alex sighs. "She taught dancing lessons to put herself through college."
I look over to see Mrs. Jenkins sniff haughtily. "That's what she claims. Dreadful nonsense. I've never been convinced."
Yikes on bikes.
They turn back to business, and recycling tires, and I scribble faster.
ref: 2023, Tamara Lush, Crash:
text: Do we need three people to plan a casual outing? Yikes on bikes.
ref: 2020, Kelly Jamieson, You Had Me at Hockey:
glosses: Synonym of yikes (“expressing alarm etc.”).
synonyms: word: yikes
extra: (“expressing alarm etc.”).
Related terms: Christ on a bike
NVDA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Second, and perhaps more important, is the emphasis on non-violent direct action (NVDA). This is certainly not new. As a member of the Green Party for forty-five years, I've always supported the use of NVDA, and am very comfortable that it should be at the heart of the party's philosophical principles.
ref: 2020, Jonathon Porritt, Hope in Hell: A decade to confront the climate emergency, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: Initialism of nonviolent direct action.
NVDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: On Monday, chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) cut its sales outlook for the fourth quarter, citing “deteriorating macroeconomic conditions, particularly in China.” Last week, Intel’s (INTC) CEO also noted that “trade and macro concerns, especially in China, have intensified.”
ref: 2019 January 28, Seth Fiegerman, “Apple earnings: How low can iPhone sales go?”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Abbreviation of Nvidia.
Sentineli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Sentinelese people.
Sertorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sertorian
form: most Sertorian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Quintus Sertorius (c. 126–73 BC), Roman general and statesman who led a large-scale rebellion against the Roman Senate on the Iberian peninsula.
Sertorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sertorians
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Quintus Sertorius.
Sertorians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sertorian
pink underwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink underwings
Senses: glosses: A moth of species Catocala concumbens, family Erebidae.
Synonyms: sense: Catocala concumbens
word: sleepy underwing
self-play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + play.
Senses: examples: text: Self-play was used by the AlphaZero program to improve its performance in the games of chess, shogi and go.
qualifier: machine learning
glosses: A technique for improving the performance of reinforcement learning agents by having them play against themselves.
parallel plays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of parallel play
parallel playing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of parallel play
parallel played
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of parallel play
sleepy underwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleepy underwings
Senses: glosses: A moth of species Catocala concumbens, family Erebidae.
Synonyms: sense: Catocala concumbens
word: pink underwing
myoushu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myoushu
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 妙手.
Senses: topics: board-games
games
shogi
qualifier: go
glosses: An excellent move.
island syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The presence of differences in morphology, ecology, physiology and behavior of insular species compared to their continental counterparts. These differences evolve due to the different ecological pressures affecting insular species.
trumpeteer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trumpeteers
Etymology: From trumpet + -eer.
Senses: examples: text: On the west-side we commended the cause to God by prayer: I dispatched a trumpeteer to Sir William Saville, Commander in Chief, at Leeds, under the Earl of Newcastle, […]
ref: 1873, Abraham Holroyd, Collectanea Bradfordiana, page 65:
text: A trumpeteer from Ft. Polk sounded colors and an ROTC color guard raised the US flag to the top of a silver staff.
ref: 1982, All Volunteer, volume 35, number 11, page 18:
glosses: Synonym of trumpeter (“trumpet player”).
synonyms: word: trumpeter
extra: trumpet player
trumpeteers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trumpeteer
imaginators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imaginator
Sziklai pair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sziklai pairs
Etymology: Named after George Clifford Sziklai (1909–1998), Hungarian-American electrical engineer.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A configuration of two bipolar transistors, similar to a Darlington pair but having one NPN and one PNP transistor.
wikipedia: George Clifford Sziklai
Sziklai pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sziklai pair