cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nondiagnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondiagnoses
Etymology: From non- + diagnosis.
Senses: glosses: The absence of a diagnosis
Related terms: nondiagnostic
quatrefoiled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: decorated with quatrefoils
Deri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Darran Valley community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1201).
quaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɔː/
ipa: /kwɑː/
Forms: form: quaws
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quag (“swamp”).
quawmire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quawmires
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quagmire.
Darran Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A community (civil parish) in Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales.
Wasses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wass
Trinnick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪnɪk/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kuznickis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kuznicki
Ponsford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ponsfords
Etymology: Habitational surname from a place in Devon.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Becker County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A hamlet in Cullompton parish, Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0007).
Sorleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sorley
Ponsfords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ponsford
phrenospasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfrɛnoʊˌspæzm̩/
Forms: form: phrenospasms
Etymology: From phreno- + spasm, from Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “diaphragm”) and σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”) respectively.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A blow to the chest which causes the diaphragm to go into spasm, making it difficult to draw a breath.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Diaphragmatic spasm, as in hiccups.
Related terms: kleptopnea
poleaxed
shortness of breath
winded
phrenospasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phrenospasm
Eireans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As things are, Ulstermen are being kept more successfully in Ulster than Eireans are being kept in Eire.
ref: 1956 July 21, “Was Ulster Right?”, in The Economist, page 215:
glosses: plural of Eirean
Issaquah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in King County, Washington, United States. Former name: Gilman.
Ti-Cats
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ticats
Senses: glosses: The Hamilton Tiger-Cats, a team in the Canadian Football League.
Baldwyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in Lee County and Prentiss County, Mississippi, United States.
Related terms: Baldwin
Moses Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Grant County, Washington, United States.
Barming
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish and suburban area (also known as East Barming) in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7254).
glosses: An uncommon surname.
non-fungible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Horses, slaves, and so forth, are non-fungible things, because they differ individually in value and cannot be exchanged indifferently one for another.
ref: 1880, Thomas Erskine Holland, The Elements of Jurisprudence, 12th edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1916, page 107:
glosses: Alternative form of nonfungible.
non-fungible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-fungibles
Senses: examples: text: Roman law draws a distinction between fungibles and non-fungibles which looks superficially the same as the thing/wealth distinction but is in fact different. A thing is fungible if it is not unique, in the sense that, if lost, it could be replaced by a thing that is to all intents and purposes identical.
ref: 2005, Alison Clarke, Paul Kohler, Property Law, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 52:
glosses: Alternative form of nonfungible.
Africanesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Africanesque
form: most Africanesque
Etymology: From African + -esque.
Senses: examples: an Africanesque sculpture
glosses: Resembling the African style.
Zarrow shuffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌfəl
Forms: form: Zarrow shuffles
Etymology: Invented by magician Herb Zarrow around 1940.
Senses: glosses: A deceptive shuffle that leaves the cards in exactly the same order.
wikipedia: Herb Zarrow
Zarrow shuffles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zarrow shuffle
Costa's hummingbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Costa's hummingbirds
Etymology: Named in honour of the French nobleman Louis Marie Pantaleon Costa, Marquis de Beauregard (1806–1864).
Senses: glosses: Calypte costae, a North American hummingbird.
Costa's hummingbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Costa's hummingbird
Kenyon cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kenyon cells
Etymology: First described by F. C. Kenyon in 1896.
Senses: glosses: Any of the intrinsic neurons of the mushroom body, essential for olfactory learning and memory.
Kenyon cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kenyon cell
Kuramoto model
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Kuramoto model
Etymology: First proposed by Yoshiki Kuramoto.
Senses: glosses: A mathematical model for the behavior of a large set of coupled oscillators, used in neuroscience etc.
Trump bump
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Trump bump
Etymology: Named after Donald Trump, and chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: glosses: The increase in news media consumption associated with the United States presidency of Donald Trump.
glosses: An increase in stock market values associated with the second presidency of Donald Trump.
shoot and protect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: The technique of shooting material in such a way that the areas of interest lie within a rectangular "protected area" within the frame, ensuring that nothing significant is lost when converting to different aspect ratios.
jerk it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jerks it
form: jerking it
form: jerked it
form: jerked it
Senses: glosses: To masturbate.
Perniciaro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Perniciaros
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Perniciaro.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
undisclosedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From undisclosed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without being disclosed or revealed; secretly.
Poggendorff illusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːʒən
Forms: form: Poggendorff illusions
Etymology: Named after Johann Christian Poggendorff, journal editor who discovered the effect in figures submitted by Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner in 1860.
Senses: glosses: An optical illusion involving the misperception of the position of one segment of a transverse line that has been interrupted by the contour of an intervening structure.
pogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pog
non-fungibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-fungible
cardiothoracic ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiothoracic ratios
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The ratio (MRD + MLD) / ID, where MRD is the greatest perpendicular diameter from midline to right heart border; MLD is the greatest perpendicular diameter from midline to left heart border; and ID is the internal diameter of the chest at the level of the right hemidiaphragm.
cardiothoracic ratios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardiothoracic ratio
eshay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛʃeɪ/
ipa: /ˈeʃæɪ/
Forms: form: eshays
Etymology: Perhaps a Pig Latin form of sesh, referring to a cannabis smoking session.
Senses: synonyms: word: adlay
word: hoodrat
word: lad
glosses: A member of an Australian youth subculture favouring sportswear and electronic dance music, and commonly associated with criminal activity.
synonyms: word: ah beng
word: chav
word: gopnik
word: racaille
glosses: A delinquent teenager; a chav.
eshays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eshay
supersexually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more supersexually
form: most supersexually
Etymology: From supersexual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a supersexual manner.
Porrata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Porratas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
superstraight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superstraight
form: most superstraight
Etymology: From super- + straight.
Senses: examples: text: For that taped session I assembled a group of eight serious and articulate people, including one lesbian, one homosexual, a superstraight man and woman, and four people from the sexual middle.
ref: 1972, Martin Shepard, A Psychiatrist's Head, page 56:
text: A few years before, a friend in alternative filmmaking asked Eliza to do a bit role as a superstraight lady executive, and after coolly studying Eliza's hairdo, paid for her to go to the hairdresser and get a beehive.
ref: 1990, Michigan Quarterly Review, page 559:
text: There’s a wide selection of lighter fare to clear the palate. R.E. Neu’s “Remembrance of Tom Purdue” is a self-consciously giddy romp through the nexus of gay camp culture and super-straight he-man stereotypes.
ref: 2000, Karen Munro, “Uncanny Camp”, in The Lesbian Review of Books, volume 6, number 3, Review of The Ghost of Carmen Miranda and Other Spooky Gay and Lesbian Tales, page 20:
text: While a superstraight hairstyle may seem like an option only for brides whose hair is baby fine, it is in fact possible for brides with almost any hair texture to achieve that elegant flow of smooth and silky hair falling beautifully over their shoulders or down their back.
ref: 2012, Sharon Naylor, Del Blair Delaubenfels, Christy Weber, Bridal Bible: Inspiration for Planning Your Perfect Wedding, page 111:
text: I am super straight and I prefer you be too
ref: 2015, Chelsea Reynolds, quoting an anonymous Craigslist user, “‘I Am Super Straight and I Prefer You be Too’: Constructions of Heterosexual Masculinity in Online Personal Ads for ‘Straight’ Men Seeking Sex With Men”, in Journal of Communication Inquiry, volume 39, number 3, →DOI, page 213:
glosses: Extremely straight (in various senses).
Fraser alphabet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Fraser script.
synonyms: word: Fraser script
Fraser script
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the missionary James O. Fraser, who developed the original script invented in 1915 by Sara Ba Thaw.
Senses: synonyms: Fraser alphabet
glosses: A unicameral script based on standard and rotated Latin letters and used to write the Lisu language.
utility ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːl
Forms: form: utility balls
Senses: examples: text: Equipment: • a utility ball or a volleyball • bases
ref: 1997, Patti Sima, Jumbo Book of Games, page 97:
text: Seated on floor, child is given a utility ball that is held with both hands. Roll utility ball toward student, and student will return the ball by hitting it with the ball he or she is holding.
ref: 2012, Louise R. Greenswag, Randell C. Alexander, Management of Prader-Willi Syndrome:
synonyms: cherryball
cherry ball
dodgeball
kickball
playground ball
glosses: A large ball used in children's physical education.
utility balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of utility ball
Bristol glaze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bristol glazes
Etymology: Named after the city of Bristol, England.
Senses: glosses: An off-white glaze for ceramics, containing zinc, calcium, etc.
Bristol glazes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bristol glaze
Hodge star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hodge stars
Etymology: Introduced by W. V. D. Hodge.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A linear map defined on the exterior algebra of a finite-dimensional oriented vector space endowed with a nondegenerate symmetric bilinear form. Applying the operator to an element of the algebra produces the Hodge dual of the element.
wikipedia: W. V. D. Hodge
Hodge stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hodge star
Hodge duals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hodge dual
Croome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A hamlet and site of a medieval village in Sledmere parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9366).
Related terms: Croom
cryptolinguist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptolinguists
Etymology: From crypto- + linguist.
Senses: glosses: One who applies linguistic knowledge to identify cryptographic communications in a given language.
Related terms: cryptolinguistic
cryptolinguistics
cryptolinguists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptolinguist
bureaupathology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of bureaucracy + pathology
Senses: glosses: Harmful traits of a bureaucratic organization, such as inflexibility and impersonality.
ministerialitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ministerial + -itis.
Senses: glosses: A preoccupation with one's role as minister, to the detriment of the organization one works for.
streetie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːti
Forms: form: streeties
Etymology: From street + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A person who spends a lot of time on the streets.
streeties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of streetie
bikhaconitine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
Sledmere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Sledmere and Croome Parish Council) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9364).
loosy-goosy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more loosy-goosy
form: most loosy-goosy
Senses: examples: text: On the field, McMillin has a jargon all his own. To avoid profanity, he yelps, "Well, I'll be a dirty name.” He urges his runners to be “loosy-goosy” […]
ref: 1946, Collier's:
text: Saskatchewan Roughrider head coach Joe Faragalli thought a main reason for his team's miseries last season was a loosy-goosy attitude.
ref: 1983 June 18, Marty York, “Why did Riley call Brock?”, in The Globe and Mail:
glosses: Alternative spelling of loosey-goosey.
loosier-goosier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Sheila O'Malley has been doing a devotional series of posts about Elvis Presley at The Sheila Variations, examining not only his film work but his rare loosier-goosier appearances at press conferences and backstage run-throughs.
ref: 2011, “Elvis:TCB”, in Vanity Fair:
glosses: comparative form of loosey-goosey: more loosey-goosey
loosey-goosier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Scalia’s approach is termed “textualist,” in contrast to the loosey-goosier “purposivist” method of those who see the court’s role as reading a statute in light of its underlying legislative intent.
ref: 2015, Ruth Marcus, “In Affordable Care Act case, context is key”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: comparative form of loosey-goosey: more loosey-goosey
loosey-goosiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Sunday's schlocky telecast of Hollywood's most meaningless (but by reputation loosey-goosiest) awards show
ref: 2016, Hank Stuever, “Golden Globes review: We ask for the worst, so we get the worst”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: superlative form of loosey-goosey: most loosey-goosey
loosiest-goosiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "It was the loosiest-goosiest operation I ever saw," a veteran real estate broker says.
ref: 1979, Condominiums and the Older Purchaser: Hearing Before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, Part 2:
glosses: superlative form of loosey-goosey: most loosey-goosey
Birch Vale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in New Mills parish and Hayfield parish, High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0286).
Macwhirter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: McWhirter
slow-motional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From slow motion + -al.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or relating to slow motion.
glosses: Having the use of slow motion in film for increased, emotional impact.
glosses: When a dramatic scene is in slow motion.
dexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dexies
form: dexys
Etymology: From dex(edrine) + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Jake popped a dexy into his mouth, chewed it like a peanut, then offered the prescription bottle to Harry, who declined.
ref: 1967, Ken Kolb, Getting Straight, Chilton Books, page 88:
text: You could be bone tired, out on your feet, and a “dexy” would snap you out of your lethargy in minutes, fill you with pep and energy. It seemed like everyone in Hollywood was on dexys.
ref: 1970, Albert Govoni, A Boy Named Cash, Lancer Books, page 154:
text: During the last month before finals, I started popping more dexies than before. They seemed to give me the energy I needed to get through classes and homework.
ref: 1985, Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon, Elvis and Me, Putnam, →ISBN, page 152:
text: “Whatchu got, man?”
“Reds, bennies, dexies, yellow jackets, demmies.”
“Yeah, demmies're good shit, man. I pay you. Fuck. I got money. I'm hurting inside. Got beat up. Where my money?”
ref: 1998, Jeffery Deaver, The Coffin Dancer, New York, NY: Pocket Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 285:
coordinate_terms: Addie
benny
glosses: A tablet of dexedrine.
dexies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dexy
glosses: plural of dexie
dexys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It seemed like everyone in Hollywood was on dexys.
ref: 1970, Albert Govoni, A Boy Named Cash, Lancer Books, page 154:
glosses: plural of dexy
Little Chalfont
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SU9997).
tensor veli palatini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛn.sɚ ˌviˌlaɪ ˌpæl.əˈtaɪˌnaɪ/
Forms: form: tensores veli palatini
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin tensor vēlī palātīnī (“tensor of the palatine veil”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
hypernyms: tensor
coordinate_terms: tensor fasciae latae
tensor tympani
glosses: A ribbonlike muscle of the palate that arises from the scaphoid fossa, from the spine of the sphenoid bone, and from the lateral cartilaginous wall of the Eustachian tube, that is attached by a tendon which hooks around the pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone to insert especially into the soft palate, and that acts especially to tense the soft palate.
thyroarytenoid muscle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thyroarytenoid muscles
form: thyroarytenoid
form: thyroarytenoideus
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A broad, thin muscle that arises especially from the thyroid cartilage, inserts into the arytenoid cartilage, and functions to relax and shorten the vocal cords by drawing the arytenoid cartilage forward and to narrow the rima glottidis by rotating the arytenoid cartilage inward causing the vocal cords to approach each other.
thyroarytenoideus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌθaɪ.ɹoʊˌæɹ.ə.tiˈnɔɪ.di.əs/
rhymes: -ɔɪdiəs
Forms: form: thyroarytenoidei
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin thyreoarytēnoīdeus, clipping of mūsculus thyreoarytēnoīdeus (“thyroarytenoid muscle”). Doublet of thyroarytenoid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of thyroarytenoid muscle.
arm-chest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arm-chests
Senses: examples: text: This Disappointment chagreen’d the Ship’s Company, who were very intent upon their Market; which was reported to be an Arm-Chest full of Gold, and kept with three Keys;
ref: 1724, Daniel Defoe, chapter 11, in A General History of the Pyrates, London: T. Warner, page 265:
text: […] as soon as he had taken charge of the deck, he saw Mr. Hayward, the mate of his watch, lie down on the arm-chest to take a nap;
ref: 1831, John Barrow, chapter 3, in The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty,, London: John Murray, page 87:
text: […] there being no line-and-sinker at hand, I sent Jarl to hunt them up in the arm-chest on the quarter-deck, where doubtless they must be kept.
ref: 1849, Herman Melville, chapter 20, in Mardi, volume 1, New York: Harper, page 79:
text: […] he stood on his own particular perch behind the mail, beating his feet, and keeping an eye and a hand on the arm-chest before him, where a loaded blunderbuss lay at the top of six or eight loaded horse-pistols, deposited on a substratum of cutlass.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, chapter 2, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book I (Recalled to Life), page 4:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A portable chest for storing weapons or tools on a ship.
arm-chests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arm-chest
eggsactly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more eggsactly
form: most eggsactly
Etymology: Blend of egg + exactly.
Senses: examples: text: Eggsactly, is exactly what we mean! In the highly competitive field of egg processing, fast, efficient production methods are essential for a profitable, successful operation.
ref: 1960, Everybody’s Poultry Magazine, page 9:
text: How to boil eggs eggsactly as ordered and at a profit.
ref: 1970, Institutions Sourcebook, page 72:
text: Only two of the chocolate Easter eggs are ‘eggsactly’ the same size, which two?
ref: 2006, 1000 Junior Holiday Puzzles, New Dawn Press, Inc., published 2009, →ISBN:
text: Not Eggsactly What You Thought / Bird eggs are perfect structures that contain all of the materials needed to support the growth of a new life or, in many unlucky cases, provide a highly nutritious meal to any number of different critters.
ref: 2016, Richard Evershed, Nicola Temple, Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics, Bloomsbury:
glosses: Exactly, when referring to eggs or Easter.
thyroepiglottic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌθaɪ.ɹoʊˌɛp.əˈɡlɑt.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɒtɪk
Etymology: From thyro- + epiglottic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Connecting the thyroid cartilage and the epiglottis.
thyrohyoid muscle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thyrohyoid muscles
form: thyrohyoid
form: thyrohyoideus
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small quadrilateral muscle that arises from the thyroid cartilage, inserts into the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone, and functions to depress the hyoid bone and to elevate the thyroid cartilage.
captive portal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: captive portals
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A web page shown to new users of an access point before they can access the greater Internet.
Clasons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Clason
La Corona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After Spanish la corona (“the crown”), named for its five temples, called Coronitas, likened to a crown or tiara.
Senses: glosses: An archeological site of a Mayan city and court residence in Guatemala, the previously unidentified Site Q.
Splott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb and community in Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST2076).
alloalantolactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From allo- + alantolactone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The sesquiterpenoid lactone (3aR,8aR,9aR)-5,8a-dimethyl-3-methylidene-4,6,7,8,9,9a-hexahydro-3aH-benzo[f][1]benzofuran-2-one
hypocretenolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypocretenolides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of tricyclic sesquiterpenoid lactones
hypocretenolides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypocretenolide
tubomanometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tubo- + manometric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to tubomanometry
intraconoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + conoidal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Within the pineal gland
micropolymerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: micropolymerizes
form: micropolymerizing
form: micropolymerized
form: micropolymerized
Etymology: From micro- + polymerize.
Senses: glosses: To form into a micropolymer
micropolymerized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of micropolymerize
micropolymerized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Formed into a micropolymer
quawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quawks
Senses: glosses: The black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax.
glosses: The harsh call of this or other birds.
quawk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: quawks
form: quawking
form: quawked
form: quawked
Senses: examples: text: […] they were rejoiced to see one of the two lost nestlings sitting on the window ledge near his old home. […] "I have much to tell, father," said the young one; "but I am so exhausted, my food having been of the scantiest, that I have hardly breath to quawk."
ref: 1873, A. C. Chambers, Life underground, in the church tower, the woods, and the old keep, page 71:
text: The old crows quawked for men had cut / Among the oak wood trees.
ref: 1964, John Clare, The Later Poems of John Clare, page 203:
text: How often, at an outdoor barbecue, or when having drinks on the terrace after some Washington dinner party, have I heard, above the buzz of conversation, night herons quawking overhead on their way from Rock Creek Park[.]
ref: 1998, Paul Hutchens, The White Boat Rescue, page 19:
glosses: Of birds, to give loud, harsh vocalisations.
quawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quawk
quawks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quawk
quayful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quayfuls
Etymology: From quay + -ful.
Senses: examples: a quayful of broken cargo
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: As much or many as a quay can accommodate.
quaymaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quaymasters
Etymology: From quay + master.
Senses: glosses: A harbourmaster in charge of a quay
Drenth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Drenths
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Drenth.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Careaga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Careagas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Careaga, habitational surname from Basque Kareaga.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Careagas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Careaga
Drenths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Drenth
PoW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PoWs
form: POW
Senses: examples: text: With PoW, as new, unverified transactions become available or broadcast to the entire blockchain network, each node that maintains a copy of the ledger (also known as a “miner”) verifies a set of those transactions to prevent so called “double spending”.
ref: 2019, Peng Zhang, Role of Blockchain Technology in IoT Applications, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 187:
topics: business
computing
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
cryptography
engineering
finance
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of proof of work.
examples: text: The communists demand the release of all prisoners detained by Saigon – not only the so-called PoWs. This distinction between “prisoners” and “prisoners of war” is significant since the great majority of the NLF members held by Saigon do not have PoW status. Until 1965 there was no such thing as a PoW; NLF prisoners were considered common criminals.
ref: 1972, Alexander Casella, “Saigon’s prisoners”, in Far Eastern Economic Review, volume 78, page 24, column 1:
text: My Lords, is my noble friend aware that in my opinion Saddam Hussein is very lucky that he has been classed as a PoW? Who decided that he was going to be a PoW and who decided that the people in Guantanamo Bay are not PoWs?
ref: 2004 June 16, Lord Berkeley, quotee, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), volume 662, columns 747–748:
text: Until the late eighteenth century, it was normal to have ad hoc and often short-term holding of PoWs. But with the development of substantial armies and navies and so the ability to take large numbers from even a single conflict, the concept of PoW camps developed in order to manage the captives.
ref: 2013, Harold Mytum, Gilly Carr, “Prisoner of War Archaeology”, in Harold Mytum, Gilly Carr, editors, Prisoners of War: Archaeology, Memory, and Heritage of 19th- and 20th-Century Mass Internment (Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology), New York, N.Y.: Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, part I (Introduction), page 3:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of POW (“prisoner of war”).
Buckhalter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Buckhalters
Etymology: Variant of Buchhalter.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Buckhalters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Buckhalter
Brosches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brosch
queuemanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After gamesmanship
Senses: glosses: The use of tactics in order to minimise the time spent waiting in a queue
Clonch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Clonches
Etymology: Americanized form of German Klontz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
quick-setting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That sets (hardens) relatively quickly
quickwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quickwoods
Senses: glosses: Any plant (typically hawthorn) used as hedging
Connelley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Connelleys
Etymology: Variant of Connelly.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
quinovate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinovates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of quinovic acid
quinovates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quinovate
proof of work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proofs of work
form: proof-of-work
Etymology: Coined in a 1999 paper.
Senses: examples: text: The network timestamps transactions by hashing them into an ongoing chain of hash-based proof-of-work, forming a record that cannot be changed without redoing the proof-of-work.
ref: 2008 October 31, Satoshi Nakamoto, “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”, in metzdowd.com Cryptography Mailing List:
text: Blockchains that use “proof-of-work”, as many popular cryptocurrencies do, raise yet another problem: they require a huge amount of raw energy to secure them.
ref: 2018 March 5, Nouriel Roubini, Preston Byrne, “Bitcoin is based on the blockchain pipe dream”, in The Guardian:
topics: business
computing
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
cryptography
engineering
finance
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: PoW
coordinate_terms: proof of stake
proof of space
glosses: A form of cryptographic proof in which a prover proves to verifiers that a certain amount of a specific computational effort has been expended.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see proof, of, work.
Related terms: mining
proof of burn
proof of stake
zero-knowledge proof
Connelleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Connelley
Clonches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Clonch
quinquefoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinquefoils
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cinquefoil.
quintipartite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Divided into five parts
Related terms: quintipartition
quintipartition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: division into five parts
Related terms: quintipartite
Chenard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chenards
Etymology: Borrowed from French Chenard. This surname is mostly found in Canada.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Champoux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Champouxes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Champoux. This surname is mostly found in Canada.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Champouxes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Champoux
Chenards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chenard
proof-of-work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proofs-of-work
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of proof of work.
Jaffee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jaffees
Etymology: Variant of Jaffe.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hedglin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hedglins
Etymology: Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hedglins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hedglin
Jaffees
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Jaffee
Golliher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gollihers
Etymology: Variant of Gallagher.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Gollihers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Golliher
Masser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Massers
Etymology: Probably a variant of Messer.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Massers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Masser
McKelvey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McKelveys
form: McKelvie
form: McKelvy
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Bhuidhe.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Derived terms: mckelveyite
Kuhns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kuhnses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kuhns.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Kuhnses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kuhns
McKelveys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McKelvey
Castelnau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally from Occitan. Apparently named after the 10th Baron of Castelnau and St Croix, who lived in Barnes after fleeing from France.
Senses: glosses: A road and neighbourhood in Barnes, borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2277).
Related terms: castelnaui
Castelnau's antshrike
McDades
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McDade
Wierzbowskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wierzbowski
McDaids
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McDaid
McNellises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McNellis
members of the public
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of member of the public
McIntyres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McIntyre
Lobsang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan བློ་བཟང (blo bzang).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Tibetan.
SpAd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SpAds
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of spad (“special adviser”).
nonjailable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + jailable.
Senses: examples: text: The heart of Gail Atwater’s civil rights claim was that going to jail for a nonjailable offense should be a presumptively unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment.
ref: 2020, Alexandra Natapoff, “Atwater and the Misdemeanor Carceral State”, in Harvard Law Review, volume 133, number 147, page 157:
glosses: Not jailable.
incarcerative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From incarceration + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: Misdemeanor appeals are rare for a variety of reasons, including lack of access to counsel, high plea rates, and the typically short duration of incarcerative sentences.
ref: 2020, Alexandra Natapoff, “Atwater and the Misdemeanor Carceral State”, in Harvard Law Review, volume 133, number 147, page 161:
glosses: Of or relating to incarceration.
Peile
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
McRobert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McRoberts
form: McRoberts
Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Roibeirt (“son of Roibert”), a Gaelicized form of Robert.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Armit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Armitt
furniture beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːtəl
Forms: form: furniture beetles
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various species of wood-boring beetle, the larvae of which are a type of woodworm, especially Anobium punctatum, the common furniture beetle.
woodboring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wood-boring.
sleeve garter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sleeve garters
Senses: examples: text: Now only two [men], and now only one, is left, and you see only ghostlike shirt with the sleeve garters, and sober mystery of his mild face […]
ref: 1957, James Agee, A Death in the Family, New York: McDowell, Obolensky, page 6:
text: ‘Hey kids!’ a barker in a dark blue shirt called to them. He was wearing sleeve-garters and his smile revealed one splendid gold tooth.
ref: 1998, Stephen King, chapter 21, in Bag of Bones, London: Hodder & Stoughton, page 352:
synonyms: arm garter
glosses: A garter worn on the sleeve of a shirt above the elbow to hold the lower part of the sleeve tight and keep the cuff in the correct position.
Related terms: armband
sleeve garters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleeve garter
arm garter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arm garters
Senses: examples: text: 1956, Iris Noble, Nellie Bly: First Woman Reporter (1867―1922), New York: Julian Messner, Chapter 1, p. 11,
One arm garter slid down over the elbow of his black alpaca shirt, and he pushed it up with a gesture of long habit.
text: Behind the half-busy bar a man with high collar, string tie, and arm garters drew schooners of beer from a tap […]
ref: 1983, William Kennedy, chapter 2, in Ironweed, Penguin, published 1984, page 47:
synonyms: sleeve garter
glosses: A garter worn on the sleeve of a shirt above the elbow to hold the lower part of the sleeve tight and keep the cuff in the correct position.
arm garters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arm garter
red snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red snakes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of milk snake.
synonyms: word: milk snake
lateral flow test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lateral flow tests
Senses: examples: text: It was the first train operator to offer on-site, twice-weekly lateral flow tests to staff unable to work from home.
ref: 2021 October 20, Angie Doll explains to Paul Clifton, “We were absolutely at rock bottom...”, in RAIL, number 942, page 34:
synonyms: word: LFT
glosses: Any of various simple tests for the presence of a substance in a body fluid.
lateral flow tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lateral flow test
Portelli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Portellis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Portelli.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Bidford-on-Avon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1052).
Fritwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5229).
Pattisson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Pattison
watermelony
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Resembling watermelon
examples: text: full of watermelony goodness.
glosses: Of, or pertaining to, watermelons
freedom camp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: freedom camps
form: freedom camping
form: freedom camped
form: freedom camped
Senses: examples: text: Every person commits an offence who ( a ) freedom camps in a local authority area in breach of any prohibition or restriction in a bylaw made under section 11 that applies to the area;
ref: 2011, The Statutes of New Zealand, page 13:
text: There will be significantly lower numbers of international freedom campers this year, but there will still be a need to educate locals who want to freedom camp.
ref: 2020 December 26, “Freedom campers: project aims to fund facilities and educate”, in RNZ (Radio New Zealand):
text: But Karl and his wife Marina Adams welcome the change, and say the increase in people choosing to freedom camp has almost driven them out of business.
ref: 2020 December 28, Nina Hindmarsh, “Freedom campers 'killing' Golden Bay's small campgrounds”, in Stuff:
glosses: Alternative form of freedom-camp.
freedom camps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of freedom camp
freedom camping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of freedom camp
freedom camping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Temporarily staying on public land in a tent, caravan, camper van etc. that is not a designated campground or holiday park.
freedom camped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of freedom camp
freedom camper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freedom campers
Senses: glosses: One who freedom-camps.
freedom campers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freedom camper
Japanese jack mackerel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese jack mackerels
Senses: glosses: Trachurus japonicus, of the fish family Carangidae,
Cliffe and Cliffe Woods
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Medway borough, Kent, England.
Cliffe Woods
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Cliffe and Cliffe Woods parish, Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7373).
Enugu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A state of Nigeria in the South East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Enugu City.
examples: text: Ama thinks about the Udi hills surrounding Enugu, rolling and folding into each other like an enormous piece of green cloth, and smiles.
ref: 2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters’ Street, Vintage (2010), page 113:
glosses: The largest city and state capital of Enugu State, Nigeria.
gives someone the creeps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone the creeps
giving someone the creeps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give someone the creeps
gave someone the creeps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give someone the creeps
given someone the creeps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give someone the creeps
supergerm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supergerms
Etymology: From super- + germ.
Senses: glosses: A very powerful or resistant germ
surf mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æt
Forms: form: surf mats
Senses: examples: text: The Tahitian kids had ridden out most of their lives, and they were busy riding in on their surf mats and belly boards.
ref: 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
glosses: An inflatable board used for surfing.
syuzhet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syuzhets
Etymology: From Russian сюже́т (sjužét), from French sujet, from Latin subiectum.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: The way in which the story is told throughout a book or film; an employment of narrative.
Related terms: fabula
swamp crocodile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swamp crocodiles
Senses: glosses: mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
swbd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swbds
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of switchboard.
MCAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MCA
technical climbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Climbing involving a rope and some means of protection, as opposed to scrambling or glacier travel
tickles pink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tickle pink
tickling pink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tickle pink
Honnold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Honnolds
Etymology: Variant of German Honold.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
monorace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoraces
Senses: glosses: A species as a whole without hyponymous groupings.
Synonyms: unirace
free-solo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free-solos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of free solo.
free-solo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: free-solos
form: free-soloing
form: free-soloed
form: free-soloed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of free solo.
disease of despair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diseases of despair
Senses: glosses: A behavior-related medical condition among those who experience despair, caused by the feeling that their long-term social or economic outlook is bleak.
death of despair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deaths of despair
Senses: glosses: Death resulting from a disease of despair.