cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
in vacuo
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Latin in vacuō (“in vacuum”).
Senses: examples: text: The distillation is performed in vacuo to avoid decomposition of the compounds under study.
glosses: In a partial or full vacuum.
examples: text: But we don't understand sentences like this in vacuo. We understand them relative to certain larger categories of experience […]
ref: 1980, George Lakoff, Mark Johnson, chapter 24, in Metaphors We Live By:
glosses: Out of context.
peroxyacetyl nitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: PAN
glosses: An urban air pollutant formed photochemically in the air as part of photochemical smog.
omphalocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more omphalocentric
form: most omphalocentric
Etymology: From omphalo- + -centric, thus literally "navel-centered."
Senses: examples: text: The omphalocentric process of self-construction and discovery
text: For the Man of the Year 1966 is a generation: the man—and woman—of 25 and under. ... Omphalocentric & Secure. What makes the Man of the Year unique?
ref: 1967, “The Inheritor: Man of the Year 1966”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 15 May 2008:
text: 'Finnegans Wake' and 'A Portrait' are both, in their different ways, omphalocentric.
ref: 1981, Maud Ellmann, “Disremembering Dedalus”, in Robert Young, editor, Untying the Text: A Post-structuralist Reader, →ISBN, page 204:
text: You could write a whole essay about "looking inward," a sort of omphalocentric option.
ref: 1987, Christopher Dickey, With the Contras: A Reporter in the Wilds of Nicaragua, →ISBN, page 211:
text: Some would have it that psychoanalysis is an omphalocentric, self-indulgent waste of money and time, best avoided so that one can take the proper pill and properly get on with the business of living.
ref: 1999, Robert Langan, “What on Closer Examination Disappears”, in American Journal of Psychoanalysis, →DOI, page 92:
glosses: Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing
Derived terms: omphalocentrism
Related terms: omphaloskeptic
omphaloscopy
peroxyacetylnitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of peroxyacetyl nitrate.
arboreol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arboreols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The epoxylignane derivative (7β,7'α,8α,8'α)-3,4:3',4'-bis(methylenedioxy)-7,9':7',9-diepoxylignane-7,8-diol
epoxylignane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epoxylignanes
Etymology: From epoxy- + lignane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any lignane in which the two γ-carbon atoms of the side chains are linked via an oxygen atom to form a tetrahydrofuran ring
asatone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asatones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic neolignane derivative (3'R,6'S)-(1β,2β)-2,3,5',6'-tetrahydro-3,3,3',5,5',5'-hexamethoxy-2,6'-cyclo-1,3'-neoligna-8,8'-diene--4,4'(3'H)-dione
cryocondensation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + condensation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The use of very low temperatures to condense volatile (usually) organic compounds from the air or other gaseous medium.
Chater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
azalignane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azalignanes
Etymology: From aza- + lignane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of a lignane in which one or more of the benzene rings has been replaced with pyridine.
cinnamyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinnamyls
Etymology: From cinnamic + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical C₆H₅-CH=CH-CH₂- characteristic of cinnamic compounds
Derived terms: cinnamaverine
cinnamedrine
cinoxolone
clocinizine
lorcinadol
cyclolignan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclolignans
Etymology: From cyclo- + lignan.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any lignan having an additional ring
Related terms: cyclolignane
cyclolignane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclolignanes
Etymology: From cyclo- + lignane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any lignane having an additional ring.
Related terms: cyclolignan
cycloneolignane
cycloneolignane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycloneolignanes
Etymology: From cyclo- + neolignane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any neolignane having an additional ring
Related terms: cyclolignane
dineolignane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dineolignanes
Etymology: From di- + neolignane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of a lignane having four propylbenzene residues
Related terms: sesquineolignane
sesquineolignane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesquineolignanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of a lignane having three propylbenzene residues
Related terms: dineolignane
neolignan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neolignans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having a structure based on a neolignane
Derived terms: dineolignan
oxyneolignan
sesquineolignan
Related terms: lignan
dineolignan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dineolignans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having a structure based on a dineolignane
Related terms: lignan
oxyneolignan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxyneolignans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having a structure based on a oxyneolignane
Related terms: lignan
sesquineolignan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesquineolignans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having a structure based on a sesquineolignane
Related terms: lignan
oxyneolignane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxyneolignanes
Etymology: From oxy- + neolignane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of a neolignane in which the two propylbenzene residues are joined indirectly by an oxygen atom
Related terms: epoxylignane
enterolactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æktəʊn
Forms: form: enterolactones
Etymology: From entero- + lactone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The lignan lactone rac-(8α,8'β)-3,3'-dihydroxylignano-9,9'-lactone; a phytoestrogen produced by intestinal microflora from precursors in plant food
epoxylignan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epoxylignans
Etymology: From epoxy- + lignan.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having a structure based on an epoxylignane
Related terms: lignan
furanoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From furan + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a structure based on furan.
furanoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furanoids
Etymology: From furan + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound whose structure is based on furan.
homolignane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homolignanes
Etymology: From homo- + lignane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound derived from a lignane by adding extra carbon atoms in a ring or sidechain
Related terms: norlignane
norlignane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: norlignanes
Etymology: From nor- + lignane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound derived from a lignane by removing carbon atoms from a ring or sidechain
Related terms: homolignane
oxylinkage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxylinkages
Etymology: From oxy- + linkage.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A linkage between two parts of a molecule by an oxygen atom
mesenterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛsənˈtɛɹɪ.əm/
Forms: form: mesenteria
Etymology: From Late Latin mesenterium and its source, Ancient Greek μεσεντέριον (mesentérion).
Senses: examples: text: The mesenterium, or midriff, diaphragma, is a cause, which the Greeks called φρένες, because by his inflammation the mind is much troubled with convulsions and dotage.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 5, subsection ii:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The mesentery.
mesenteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesenterium
reinput
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reinputs
form: reinputting
form: reinput
form: reinput
form: reinputted
form: reinputted
Etymology: From re- + input.
Senses: examples: text: If you make a mistake during data entry, delete the record and reinput it.
glosses: To input again.
well-off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: better-off
form: more well-off
form: best-off
form: most well-off
Senses: examples: He was expecting a large inheritance from a well-off aunt.
glosses: Alternative spelling of well off.
Kurdistani
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kurdistani
form: most Kurdistani
Etymology: From Northern Kurdish kurdistanî. Equivalent to Kurdistan + -i.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to Kurdistan in West Asia; Kurdish.
Kurdistani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kurdistanis
Etymology: From Northern Kurdish kurdistanî. Equivalent to Kurdistan + -i.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Kurdistan in West Asia.
worst off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: worst-off
Senses: glosses: superlative form of badly off: most badly off
six ways till Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of six ways to Sunday.
badly-off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: worse-off
form: more badly-off
form: worst-off
form: most badly-off
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of badly off.
worse-off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of worse off.
glosses: comparative form of badly-off: more badly-off
best-off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of well-off: most well-off; Alternative spelling of best off.
better-off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Only the better-off nations can afford to send probes into space.
glosses: Alternative spelling of better off.
bad off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: worse off
form: worst off
form: bad-off
form: badly off
form: badly-off
Senses: examples: text: But I always come to this conclusion. No matter how bad off you are, there's always somebody in a worse boat.
ref: 1934, James Thomas Farrell, Studs Lonigan: A Trilogy Comprising Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, and Judgment Day, page 287:
text: Since both modes are equally bad off, it would seem that we are just as well advised to embrace hypothetico-inferential reasoning in all its fullness
ref: 1975, Grover Maxwell, Robert Milford Anderson, Induction, Probability, and Confirmation, page 126:
text: Who is worse off? This poor fellow who is desperately neurotic to the point of being amnesic, and wandering in and out of fugues, as bad off as he was? Or the so-called well-adjusted, productive businessman, and so forth, who is clinically sane by the same standards?
ref: 1985, Walker Percy, Lewis A. Lawson, Victor A. Kramer, Conversations with Walker Percy, page 111:
glosses: Synonym of badly off.
synonyms: word: badly off
Synonyms: poor
recordation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛkəɹˈdeɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌɹikɔɹˈdeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: recordations
Etymology: From Old French recordacion (“record, memory”), from Latin recordatio.
Senses: examples: Recordation by the Administrator of transfers of allowances shall amend automatically all applicable proposed or approved permit applications, compliance plans and permits. [42 U.S.C. 7651g]
topics: law
glosses: The act of giving legal status to a document by making it an official public record.
babiche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bəˈbiːʃ/
/bæˈbiːʃ/
Forms: form: babiches
Etymology: First attested around 1800–10. From Canadian French, from Mi'kmaq ápapíj (“cord, thread”), diminutive of ápapi, from Proto-Algonquian *aʔlapa·py, *aʔlapa·pyi, from *aʔlapy- (“net”) + *-a·py (“string”).
Senses: glosses: Thong(s) of rawhide or sinew used as cord, lacing, or webbing, in the manufacture of snowshoes, braided straps and tumplines, fishing and harpoon lines, knit bags, etc.
Related terms: urls: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000434
https://web.archive.org/web/20080827201219/http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
word: Gadacz
english: Babiche
translation: Babiche
urls: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000434
https://web.archive.org/web/20080827201219/http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
word: René R. (2008).
urls: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000434
https://web.archive.org/web/20080827201219/http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
word: in the Canadian Encyclopedia
allocute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: allocutes
form: allocuting
form: allocuted
form: allocuted
Senses: examples: text: Ms. Collotta had to be steadied several times by her lawyers as she allocuted to the facts on the Macromedia deal and admitted to taking part in a larger conspiracy.
ref: 2007 May 11, Mark Hamblett, "Attorney Couple Plead Guilty to Insider Trading," New York Law Journal (retrieved from law.com, 10 May 2008)
topics: law
glosses: To make an allocution.
modded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mod
crossbands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crossband
bombes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bombe
abrazos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abrazo
speckled carpetshark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speckled carpetsharks
Senses: glosses: A bamboo shark, of the family Hemiscylliidae found around northern Australia; Hemiscyllium trispeculare.
delist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪst
Forms: form: delists
form: delisting
form: delisted
form: delisted
Etymology: From de- + list.
Senses: examples: text: When the company failed to file its financial statements, it was delisted by the Stock Exchange.
synonyms: unlist
glosses: To remove from an official register or list.
Derived terms: delistable
delister
delistment
delisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of delist
electricals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electrical
electricals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Electrical components of a device or its design.
seducers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seducer
wettest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of wet: most wet
wettest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of wet
prog
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒɡ/
ipa: /pɹɑɡ/
homophone: Prague (some accents)
rhymes: -ɒɡ
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: examples: text: Captain Beyond had tentatively dipped their toe in the uncharted American waters of prog rock, but in England, progression was the name of the game, with a host of bands elevating themselves […]
ref: 2003, Frank Moriarty, Seventies Rock: The Decade of Creative Chaos:
glosses: Abbreviation of progressive.
prog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒɡ/
ipa: /pɹɑɡ/
homophone: Prague (some accents)
rhymes: -ɒɡ
Forms: form: progs
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: examples: text: He listens to a lot of prog.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Progressive rock.
examples: text: […] is there some way to connect to my new comp so I can transfer some of the software progs […]
ref: 2001, n.one, “transfer progs from comp to comp”, in 24hoursupport.helpdesk (Usenet):
text: "Yoda", How do I get progs to run when linux 7.1 starts up?
ref: 2001, linux.redhat (Usenet):
text: I've looked around if I can get the prog to start a backup itself, but it still requires some manual commands.
ref: 2003, Leo Edwards, “Automating the Windows backup prog to commence backups?”, in microsoft.public.win98.apps (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A program.
examples: text: It's only him that can make TV progs worth watching, he's saying.
ref: 2009, Mark Wernham, Martin Martin's on the Other Side (page 223)
glosses: A television program.
qualifier: university slang
glosses: A proctor.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A progressive.
qualifier: transgender slang
glosses: Progesterone.
Derived terms: avant-prog
prog-like
prog rock
proto-prog
prog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒɡ/
ipa: /pɹɑɡ/
homophone: Prague (some accents)
rhymes: -ɒɡ
Forms: form: progs
form: progging
form: progged
form: progged
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: To programme.
examples: text: The thermodynamics of this system are progged to be similar to the "surprise" epic Oct 2006 Buffalo, NY lake effect snow event.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: To prognosticate; to forecast.
prog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒɡ/
ipa: /pɹɑɡ/
homophone: Prague (some accents)
rhymes: -ɒɡ
Forms: form: progs
Etymology: A variant of proke.
Senses: examples: text: O nephew! your grief is but folly;
⁠In town you may find better prog
ref: 1726, Jonathan Swift, Molly Mog:
text: Let's see what prog we have for supper; the kettle has boiled long enough; my stomach cries cupboard […]
ref: 1822 May 21, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Dolph Heyliger”, in Bracebridge Hall, or The Humourists. A Medley. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC:
text: So long as he picked from the filth his prog.
ref: 1864, Robert Browning, Too Late:
text: The glutton castaway, the drunkard in the desert, the lecher in prison, they are the happy ones. To hunger, thirst, lust, every day afresh and every day in vain, after the old prog, the old booze, the old whores, that's the nearest we'll ever get to felicity, the new porch and the very latest garden.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Provisions, food and supplies, particularly for a journey.
glosses: Plunder; booty.
glosses: A vagrant beggar; a tramp.
glosses: A pointed instrument.
team-mates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of team-mate
team-mate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: team-mates
Senses: examples: text: "I feel like I let my team-mates down today," captain Son told reporters after the game in Goyang, near Seoul.
ref: 2025 March 21, “Son says he 'let my team-mates down' in South Korea qualifying draw”, in France 24, sourced from Goyang (South Korea) (AFP), archived from the original on 21 Mar 2025, LIVE NEWS:
glosses: Alternative spelling of teammate.
scute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skjuːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: scutes
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scutum (“shield”). Compare scutum, escudo, scudo, and écu.
Senses: examples: text: Then one afternoon, as he's stripping the scutes and hide from a shortnose sturgeon, an idea hits him.
ref: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 71:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs
examples: text: But yet they ouer shote vs
Wyth crownes and wyth scutus;
With scutis and crownes of gold
I drede we are bought and solde; […]
ref: a. 1530 (date written), John Skelton, “Here after Foloweth a Lytell Boke, whiche hath to Name Why Come Ye Nat to Courte? […]”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical Works of John Skelton: […], volume II, London: Thomas Rodd, […], published 1843, →OCLC, page 32:
glosses: A small shield.
glosses: An old French gold coin.
Synonyms: scutum
older than the hills
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪlz
Senses: examples: text: Love is as old, yea, older than the hills.
ref: 1856, “De L'Amour”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 13, number 5, page 350:
text: In the photograph you looked older than the cliché—older than the hills.
ref: 1983 July 4, Gregory Jaynes, “At Liberty but All Keyed Up”, in Time:
glosses: Alternative form of old as the hills.
ethernet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethernets
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Ethernet.
Ethernets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ethernet
nefast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nefast
form: most nefast
Etymology: From Latin nefastus (“irreligious, inauspicious”).
Senses: glosses: wicked
Related terms: nefarious
antipattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antipatterns
form: anti-pattern
Etymology: From anti- + pattern, coined by Andrew Koenig in 1995.
Senses: examples: text: If a Design Pattern gives you a general solution to a recurring problem in a particular context, then what does an anti-pattern give you? An Anti-Pattern tells you how to go from a problem to a BAD solution.
ref: 2004, Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra, Head First Design Patterns, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 612:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice.
Related terms: dark pattern
anti-pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-patterns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antipattern.
Ol Cemet'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Santali ᱚᱞ ᱪᱮᱢᱮᱫ (ôl cemet’).
Senses: glosses: An alphabet with 30 letters, used for the Santali language.
Synonyms: Ol Chiki
bimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bimeters
Etymology: From bi- + meter or bi- + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: It is unfortunate that the bimeter cannot be used in dentulous cases.
ref: 1951, Jerome Meyer, Oral Rehabilitation, page 528:
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A type of gnathodynamometer having an adjustable central-bearing point.
examples: text: A sophisticated variant of the bimeter in Figure 7 occurs when the values in the right-hand part are not even, but nevertheless establish a feeling of meter opposed to that in the bass (Figure 8).
ref: 1973, Roland Nadeau, “The Grace and Beauty of Classic Rags: Structural Elements in a Distinct Musical Genre”, in Music Educators Journal, volume 59, number 8:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The setting of one meter against another.
examples: text: […] two poems combine tetrameters with trimeters, and two others tetrameters with bimeters.
ref: 1982, Willem Pieter Gerritsen, “Coornhert and Boethius: A Side-Light on the Genesis of Dutch Renaissance Verse”, in D.H. Green, editors, From Wolfram and Petrarch to Goethe and Grass, page 310:
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A meter wherein each line has two metrical feet.
gnathodynamometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gnathodynamometers
Etymology: From gnatho- + dynamometer.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: An instrument used to measure the force applied in closing the jaws.
Synonyms: occlusometer
Hyponyms: bimeter
Related terms: gnathodynamics
gnathodynamometry
gnathodynamometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnathodynamometer
bimeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bimeter
PNS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PNSs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of peripheral nervous system.
glosses: Initialism of peripheral nervous stimulation, the potential side effect of fast magnetic field changes during MRI procedures.
glosses: Initialism of proto-neutron star.
PNS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Proto-Nilo-Saharan.
Related terms: sense: peripheral nervous system
english: central nervous system
translation: central nervous system
word: CNS
monts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mont
papabili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papabile
living language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: living languages
Senses: coordinate_terms: dead language
glosses: A language which is still spoken in the contemporary period.
dead language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead languages
Senses: examples: text: Supper being over, the lawyer took his leave, and the doctor began to ſound the learned clerk reſpecting his proficiency in the dead languages. "As to dead languages," replied the ſchoolmafter, "I was once a vaſt pretty ſcholar indeed, but want of exercise has made me main ſlack—I can't get over my ground as I uſed to do. Then as to the t'other dead fellow, I could never greek it at all, that's flat. And, Lord bleſs you! my Latin is of no more uſe to me here than—than—" Here he ſtuck for want of a ſimile; when Mr. Le Dupe helped him out by ſaying, "that it is to a young man at college, where it is conſidered a pedantic inſult, and an unpardonable bore, to utter a Latin ſentence."
ref: 1799, Edward Dubois, A Piece of Family Biography, volume II, page 20:
synonyms: extinct language
coordinate_terms: living language
glosses: A language which no longer has any native speakers.
Vltava
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /vəlˈtɑːvə/
Etymology: From Czech Vltava, of uncertain origin; possibly cognate to Moldau, the German name for the river, as it is sometimes suggested that both words derive from Old High German * wilt awa, wilt aha (“wild river”), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz (“wild”) + *ahwō (“water”); older texts have spellings such as Fuldaha (in 872), Wultha (1113), Wlitaua (1125). However, compare Ltava.
Senses: glosses: A major river in the Czech Republic, tributary of the Elbe.
wikipedia: Ltava
Middle Welsh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Welsh language as spoken from the 12th to the 14th century.
isopach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isopachs
Etymology: From iso- + Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick”) (see pachy-).
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
synonyms: isopachyte
glosses: A line on a chart joining parts of a stratigraphic unit that have the same thickness; an isopachous line.
Derived terms: isopachous
carabiners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carabiner
infusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infusion
apostrophically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From apostrophic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Using apostrophe; with sudden exclamatory dialogue.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
orthography
publishing
writing
glosses: With apostrophes.
Related terms: apostrophe
pentosyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentosyltransferases
Etymology: From pentosyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of a pentose
xylosyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylosyltransferases
Etymology: From xylosyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of xylose.
dynamogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaɪnəmə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/
ipa: /ˌdaɪnəməˈdʒɛnɪk/
ipa: [-moʊ-]
rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Forms: form: more dynamogenic
form: most dynamogenic
Etymology: From dynamogeny + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: There could be no more perfect description of the divided will, when the higher wishes lack just that last acuteness, that touch of explosive intensity, of dynamogenic quality (to use the slang of the psychologists), that enables them to burst their shell, and make irruption efficaciously into life and quell the lower tendencies forever.
ref: 1902, William James, “Lecture VIII: The Divided Self, and the Process of Its Unification”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 173:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Characterized by dynamogeny; producing much nervous activity.
holo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holos
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A hologram.
holo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We compared the holo and apo forms of the protein.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Bound by ligands
raw_tags: of a protein
dynamogeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪnəˈmɒdʒəni/
Etymology: From dynamo- + -geny.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The production of nervous energy, stimulation of the nerves.
Derived terms: dynamogenic
rimate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rimate
form: most rimate
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rimose.
synonyms: word: rimose
carpark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carparks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of car park.
headteacher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headteachers
form: head teacher
Etymology: From head + teacher.
Senses: examples: text: I had to go and see the headteacher about my attitude.
glosses: The most senior teacher in a school who is responsible for its management and administration.
Synonyms: word: principal
word: head
word: headmaster
word: headmistress
word: school director
Hypernyms: teacher
heads will roll
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From the imagery of a head rolling on the ground when a person is decapitated as punishment for a crime.
Senses: examples: text: If this project isn't completed on time, heads will roll.
glosses: Some people will be fired for incompetence.
Related terms: have someone's head
off with someone's head
inlaw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈlɔː/
Forms: form: inlaws
form: inlawing
form: inlawed
form: inlawed
Etymology: From Middle English inlawen, inlaghen, from Old English inlagian, ġeinlagian (“to restore to the protection of the law, inlaw”), equivalent to in- + law.
Senses: examples: text: The king, indignant that an attempt should be made to exempt the vast ecclesiastical lands from taxation at a time of national crisis, sequestrated the estates of the see of Canterbury, and copied John’s conduct in 1208 by outlawing the whole body of the clergy. Winchelsea in return excommunicated all those who refused to recognize the authority of the pope’s bull... Harassed by these domestic troubles, the king could not carry out his intention of sailing for Flanders in the spring, and spent the greater part of the campaigning season in wrangles with his subjects. He was obliged to come to a compromise. If the clergy would give him a voluntary gift, which was in no way to be considered a tax, he agreed to inlaw them.
ref: 1911, Charles William Chadwick Oman, "English History", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. IX, p. 497
topics: law
glosses: To clear of outlawry or attainder, to return to the protection of the law
inlaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈlɔː/
/ˈɪnlɔː/
/ɪnˈlɔː/
Forms: form: inlaws
Etymology: From Middle English inlaghe, inlage, from the verb (see above).
Senses: antonyms: outlaw
glosses: One who is within the domain or protection of the law.
inlaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈlɔː/
/ˈɪnlɔː/
Forms: form: inlaws
Etymology: See in-law.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of in-law.
catecholamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catecholamine
slap-happy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slap-happy
form: most slap-happy
Senses: examples: text: Women's rhythm of life, her monthly renewal with her patroness the Moon, is the most important thing in her existence. It is her stability in a world made mad for ever by man's wretched alternating between the tension of sex-hunger and the slap-happy folly of indulgence.
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 145:
glosses: Alternative form of slaphappy.
centenarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centenarian
clambakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clambake
stringybark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stringybarks
Etymology: From stringy + bark.
Senses: examples: text: Two of the younger men carried him there on a stretcher of stringybark.
ref: 1974, Thea Astley, A Kindness Cup, Text Classics, published 2018, page 54:
glosses: Any of a number of Australian eucalyptus trees with fibrous bark, or the wood or bark of such trees.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Eucalyptus agglomerata
word: blue-leaved stringybark
taxonomic: Eucalyptus laevopinea
word: brown stringybark
taxonomic: Eucalyptus cinerea
word: mealy stringybark
taxonomic: Eucalyptus obliqua
word: messmate stringybark
taxonomic: Eucalyptus ligustrina
word: privet-leaved stringybark
taxonomic: Eucalyptus macrorhyncha
word: red stringybark
taxonomic: Callitris parlatorei
word: stringybark pine
taxonomic: Eucalyptus tindaliae
word: Tindale's stringybark
taxonomic: Eucalyptus umbra
word: yellow stringybark
taxonomic: Eucalyptus eugenioides
word: thin-leaved stringybark
taxonomic: Eucalyptus globoidea
word: white stringybark
taxonomic: Eucalyptus expressa
word: Wollemi stringybark
word: Stringybark
taxonomic: Eucalyptus oblonga
word: narrow-leaved stringybark
taxonomic: Eucalyptus tenella
word: Stringybark
clerking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clerk
clerked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clerk
chowders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chowder
fisherfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪʃəfəʊk/
ipa: /ˈfɪʃɚˌfoʊk/
Forms: form: fisherfolks
Etymology: From fisher (“person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport”) + folk; compare fisherman.
Senses: examples: text: Sir Walter Scott used Auchmithie as the model for his 'Musselcrag' in The Antiquary. The artist William Lamond spent 40 summers in the village, and painted scenes of Auchmithie and its fisherfolk.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 40:
glosses: People who fish for a living.
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Members of a culture that is dominated by fishing.
examples: text: Every year Grey Nomad migration sees the little Gulf town of Karumba stretched creaseless with sunbirds and fisherfolk.
ref: 2008, Monte Dwyer, Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 69:
glosses: Recreational fishers.
Related terms: fisher
fisheress
fisherman
fisherperson
fisherwoman
rob Peter to pay Paul
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: robs Peter to pay Paul
form: robbing Peter to pay Paul
form: robbed Peter to pay Paul
form: robbed Peter to pay Paul
form: borrow from Peter to pay Paul
Etymology: Unknown. Sometimes claimed to refer to Church taxes paid to Westminster Abbey (originally called Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster) that were sent to repair St. Paul's Cathedral in the mid 1500s, though records exist of the phrase since about 1450.
Senses: examples: text: [I]t would be robbing Peter to pay Paul, for the government to pay a stamp-duty to itself.
ref: 1838, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 17, number 98, London, page 224:
text: 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter VIII. "The Highland Light", page 140.
Perhaps what the Ocean takes from one part of the Cape it gives to another,—robs Peter to pay Paul.
text: OMB decided that a large part of the money would come from other health programs for poor women and children. That penny-pinching tactic sparked an outcry. […] Senator Christopher Bond of Missouri denounced the plan as pitting "one city's babies against another city's babies." Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, who chairs the National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality, said it amounted to "robbing Peter to pay Paul."
ref: 1991 April 8, Priscilla Painton et al., “Mere Millions For Kids”, in Time, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013:
text: […] and so levelling up is not a jam-spreading operation, it’s not robbing Peter to pay Paul, its not zero sum it’s win win for the whole United Kingdom and so here is the plan for levelling up.
ref: 2021 July 15, Boris Johnson, The Prime Minister's Levelling Up speech:
glosses: To use resources that legitimately belong to or are needed by one party in order to satisfy a legitimate need of another party, especially within the same organization or group; to solve a problem in a way that makes another problem worse, producing no net gain.
wikipedia: St. Paul's Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
Related terms: pyramid scheme
Ponzi scheme
Ponzi scam
robs Peter to pay Paul
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rob Peter to pay Paul
robbed Peter to pay Paul
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rob Peter to pay Paul
cheeseburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheeseburger
memberships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of membership
seriate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: seriates
form: seriating
form: seriated
form: seriated
Etymology: From seri(es) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To arrange in serial order.
Derived terms: seriation
Related terms: multiseriate
serial
seriatim
series
uniseriate
seriate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more seriate
form: most seriate
Etymology: From seri(es) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Arranged in serial order.
seriated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of seriate
margraviate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: margraviates
Etymology: Probably from Latin margravius + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of margravate.
margravate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːɡɹəveɪt/
Forms: form: margravates
form: margraviate
Etymology: From margrave + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
Senses: glosses: The status or rank of a margrave.
examples: text: From 1032 Provence had been a margravate of the Holy Roman Empire in the imperial Kingdom of Burgundy.
ref: 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 174:
synonyms: marquisate
mark
march
glosses: A territory governed by a margrave or margravine.
Related terms: barony
bishopric
county
duchy
kingdom
march
margraviate
marquesate
marquessate
marquisate
nobility
parish
principality
regality
royalty
shire
viscountcy
viscounty
scaturient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scaturient
form: most scaturient
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: Abundant; overflowing.
Related terms: scaturience
on track
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Before 1914 the Russian economy was on track to outperform that of France and Britain within a decade.
ref: 1995 May 15, Andrew Nagorski, Michael Elliott, “'V' Is Also For Vulnerable”, in Newsweek:
glosses: Proceeding as planned, as expected, or in a manner consistent with an established pattern.
glosses: On a well-defined promotion path in an organisation, usually tenure.
Related terms: on the right track
angiocarpian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more angiocarpian
form: most angiocarpian
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “container”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit, grain”).
Senses: glosses: describing an angiocarpous plant
angiocarpous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From angio- + -carpous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx.
Related terms: angiocarpian
hemiangiocarpous
angiograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiographs
Etymology: From angio- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: The film or image of the blood vessels produced by angiography.
Synonyms: arteriograph
nation-building
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Although uniquely favored by relatively viable political institutions, India yet shares this uncertainty with a large number of countries for which independence is but a first step on the road to nation-building.
ref: 1977, Reinhard Bendix, Nation-building and Citizenship: Studies of Our Changing Social Order, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 357:
text: The state hierarchizes sexuality by defining homosexuality as an influence that corrupts minors. Such a discourse produces a notion of the correct sexual behavior that transcends into the political realm, reinforcing the heteronationalistic nature of the nation-building.
ref: 2018 January 24, Nikita Sleptcov, “Political Homophobia as a State Strategy in Russia”, in Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective, volume 12, number 1, page 146:
text: The mythologizing, carried out over many decades, granted Italian-Americans “a formative role in the nation-building narrative.”
ref: 2019 October 12, Brent Staples, quoting Danielle Battisti, “How Italians Became ‘White’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2019:
topics: political-science
social-sciences
glosses: Unifying the people or peoples within a state so that it remains politically stable and viable in the long run.
Related terms: nation-builder
Pompocali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An earthworks situated 8 miles north-north-east of Leeds, Yorkshire.
inductive definition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inductive definitions
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: A recursive definition.
Wealden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: Wealdish
glosses: Of the Weald.
Wealden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government district in East Sussex, England, created in 1974 and named after the Weald.
knownst
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: known
pance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pances
form: paunce
Senses: glosses: Pansy (flower)
larin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: larins
form: lari
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of twisted or hook-shaped metal objects serving as coins in areas around the Arabian Sea.
spencer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɛnsə/
rhymes: -ɛnsə(ɹ)
Forms: form: spencers
Etymology: From the family name Spencer. The jacket is probably named after George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834).
Senses: glosses: A short double-breasted men's overcoat worn in the 18th and 19th centuries.
examples: text: In order to support and illustrate this assertion, I shall commence my remarks with the spencer, which has often been attacked by satyrical and cynical writers as an absurd and original dress.
ref: 1799, D.D., “To the Editor”, in The Scots Magazine, volume 61, page 677:
text: To have seen Miss Squeers now, divested of the brown beaver, the green veil, and the blue curl-papers, and arrayed in all the virgin splendor of a white frock and spencer, with a white mulsin bonnet, and an imitative damask rose in full bloom on the inside thereof;
ref: 1799, Sir Francis d' Ivernois, Historical and Political Survey of the Losses Sustained by ..., page 97:
text: Some wear the tunic of lawn, and the spencer or Turkish robe of silk.
ref: 1800, “Parisian Fashions”, in The Lady's Magazine, page 254:
glosses: A short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early 19th century.
examples: text: I am seized with an angry resentment against the conventions of twenty years ago, which wrapped up my comely adolescent body in woollen combinations, black cashmere stockings, “liberty” bodice, dark stockinette knickers, flannel petticoat and often, in addition, a long-sleeved, high-necked, knitted woollen “spencer”.
ref: 1933, Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, Penguin, published 2005, page 34:
glosses: A (usually woollen) vest worn by women and girls for extra warmth.
glosses: A large loose-fitted gaffsail on a square-rigger or barque, used from the nineteenth century onwards.
Tamra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, a rare nonstandard spelling of Tamara.
Tisha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Letitia.
Teri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A spelling variant of Terry, from Teresa.
Senses: examples: text: 'What's your name, by the way?'
'Teri.'
'Terry?'
She spelt it for him. 'But you can call me Miss Teri.'
Rebus smiled. 'I'll assume that's an assumed name. Maybe I'll see you around, Miss Teri.'
ref: 2003, Ian Rankin, A Question of Blood, Orion, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Teresa.
Teri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Teribus ye teri odin, of unknown origin (though possibly Old Welsh).
Senses: glosses: Someone from Hawick.
Terrie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name; a spelling variant of Terry, diminutive of Teresa.
rebbi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebbis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rebbe.
nonprecious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-precious
Etymology: From non- + precious.
Senses: glosses: not precious, especially used to describe base metals such as lead, iron, copper etc.
non-precious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonprecious.
semifreddi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian semifreddi.
Senses: glosses: plural of semifreddo
flutterball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flutterballs
Etymology: From flutter + ball.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A type of pitch; knuckleball.
foreplanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreplane