cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Atharvavedic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Sanskrit अथर्ववेद (atharvaveda) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Atharvaveda.
cyclodecane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyclo- + decane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The saturated alicyclic hydrocarbon that has ten carbon atoms
cyclopentadecane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyclo- + pentadecane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The alicyclic hydrocarbon having fifteen carbon atoms
methylcyclopropane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The methyl derivative of cyclopropane
methylcyclobutane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The methyl derivative of cyclobutane
DDDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DDD
bredeles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bredele
LTNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LTN
decommissionable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From decommission + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be decommissioned.
needle aspiration biopsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: needle aspiration biopsies
Senses: glosses: fine-needle aspiration
fine-needle aspiration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fine-needle aspirations
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A diagnostic biopsy used to investigate lumps
archealization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The restoration of an ecosystem of other biological system to its original, prehistoric form
unbullish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbullish
form: most unbullish
Etymology: From un- + bullish.
Senses: glosses: Not bullish.
unbearish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbearish
form: most unbearish
Etymology: From un- + bearish.
Senses: glosses: Not bearish.
unihockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uni- + hockey.
Senses: glosses: The game of floorball.
gaggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gaggy: more gaggy
Feltrinellian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of the left-wing politics of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
deindoctrination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + indoctrination.
Senses: glosses: A reverse process that undoes indoctrination or brainwashing.
deinducing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deinduce
deinduces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deinduce
monsterly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monsterly
form: most monsterly
Etymology: From monster + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Befitting a monster; monstrous.
FNP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FNPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of family nurse practitioner.
wood-fired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wood + fired.
Senses: examples: text: Karslkrona^([sic])-Gothenburg line train leaving Vaxjö^([sic]), Swedish State Railways, hauled by wood-fired Class "S2" 2-6-4 tank locomotive No. 1308
ref: 1950 October, Railway Magazine, page 684, photo caption:
glosses: Alternative form of woodfired.
FNPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FNP
codrawer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codrawers
Etymology: From co- + drawer.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A joint drawer of funds.
codrawers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codrawer
gooey butter cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gooey butter cakes
Etymology: Originates from St. Louis, Missouri.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
qualifier: Missouri
glosses: A flat, dense cake made with wheat cake flour, butter, sugar, and eggs.
gooey butter cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gooey butter cake
follow the money
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: follows the money
form: following the money
form: followed the money
form: followed the money
Etymology: Popularized in the film All the President's Men (1976).
Senses: examples: text: No, I have to do this my way. You tell me what you know, and I'll confirm. I'll keep you in the right direction if I can, but that's all. Just… follow the money.
ref: 1976, William Goldman, All the President's Men, spoken by Deep Throat:
text: Then follow the money: We know that President Bashar Assad turned an ophthalmologist's blind eye to Saddam's use of the Syrian port of Tartus to import missile fuel components from China and night-vision goggles from Russia.
ref: 2003 April 21, William Safire, “Follow the Money”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: His success in tackling and convicting members of Cosa Nostra was by following the money; this is the only way leading members of organised crime syndicates will ever be convicted.
ref: 2018 April 29, Aubrey A Jones, “Letters: beat fraud: follow the money”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To analyze money flows in order to uncover corruption or other criminal activities.
wikipedia: All the President's Men (film)
Related terms: cui bono
Bartlebaugh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bartlebaughs
Etymology: Uncertain.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
yellow copper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: [One Iroquois guide] also pointed to a dagger handle made of yellow copper which looked like gold and made signs that gold, copper, and silver could be found in the country all around Mount Royal.
ref: 1984, Doreen Bethune-Johnson, Native People and Explorers of Canada, Scarborough, Ont.: Prentice-Hall Canada:
text: African peoples made a distinction between red copper, that is, copper in its pure form, bronze and yellow copper or brass.
ref: 1981, Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa, Ancient Civilizations of Africa, Univ of California Press, page 614
text: If he holds at the same time four Swords made of iron, lead, yellow copper and wood, he will have four sons given that the iron designates an intrepid son.
ref: year unknown, dar el fikr, Iben Sirin, دار الفكر, hadith, fikh, islamicbooks, تفسير الاحلام انكليزي The Voluminons Interpretation Of Dreams: Imam Mhammad Ben Sirin الامام محمد بن سيرين, Dar El Fikr for Printing publishing and distribution (S.A.L.) دار الفكر للطباعة والنشر والتوزيع ش.م.ل. بيروت - لبنان, page 243
glosses: brass
glosses: chalcopyrite
Abbitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abbitts
Etymology: Variant of Abbott.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Abbitts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Abbitt
Bartlebaughs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bartlebaugh
Yerdon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yerdons
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Wisher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɪʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Wishers
Etymology: Variant of Wischer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Wishers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wisher
Yerdons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Yerdon
videoreportage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From video- + reportage.
Senses: glosses: reportage using video technology
Wenke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wenkes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wenke.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Wenkes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wenke
Warders
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Warder
Triases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Trias
Vaeth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vaeths
Etymology: Borrowed from South German Väth.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Weddell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Weddells
Etymology: Variant of Weddle.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: weddellite
Weddell Sea
Weddell seal
Weddells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Weddell
Vaeths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vaeth
Wittenburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wittenburgs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wittenburg.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Wittenburgs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wittenburg
Waldings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Walding
McBrien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McBriens
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Briain (“son of Brian”) or of Mac Brain (“son of Bran”), a personal name based on bran (“raven”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Demski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Demskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Demski.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Demskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Demski
McBriens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McBrien
persulfidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: persulfidations
Etymology: From per- + sulfidation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: reaction with a persulfide
interspin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + spin.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: electron spin resonance
glosses: Between spins (of related electrons))
traitlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trait + -like.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Having characteristics of a trait
UPF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UPFs
Senses: examples: text: They make up 57% of the UK diet – and the risks are becoming ever more evident. Here is how to recognise UPFs and find healthier alternatives[.]
ref: 2023 September 6, Rachel Dixon, “Ultra-processed foods: the 19 things everyone needs to know”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: But UPFs are a different beast – they are the products of industrial processing methods that we cannot replicate in a domestic situation.
ref: 2024 March 6, Giles Yeo, “Why the double standards on ultra-processed foods? Because some have better PR than others”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Initialism of ultraprocessed food.
UPFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of UPF
ESEA
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of East and Southeast Asian.
Reithian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Reithian
form: most Reithian
Etymology: From Reith + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to John Reith, 1st Baron Reith (1889–1971), Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom.
examples: text: The old purist (Reithian) PSB model seems unlikely to survive. However, the Germans may possibly have found a model offering PSB a survival route in the form of the 1987 State Treaty on the Reorganization of Broadcasting.
ref: 2001 August 9, P. Eric Louw, The Media and Cultural Production, SAGE, →ISBN, page 87:
text: Surprisingly, though, the white paper contained more old-fashioned Reithian values than had been predicted.
ref: 2001, Tom Bentley, Daniel Stedman Jones, The Moral Universe, Demos, →ISBN:
text: The Reithian concept was to some extent adopted by PBS. But, as Hughes signaled in the mid-1990s, PBS's dependence on corporate sponsorship had affected its public service character, making its programming "apolitical or carefully middle-of-the-road".
ref: 2014 March 26, Ray B. Browne, Ben Urish, The Dynamics of Interconnections in Popular Culture(s), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 238:
glosses: Having patrician beliefs about broadcasting; especially, holding to the principle that the BBC, or television in general, should inform, educate and entertain.
ovalenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from ovalene
FDEA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Food & Drink Exporters Association.
glosses: Initialism of Federal Department of Economic Affairs.
anterior inferior cerebellar artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anterior inferior cerebellar arteries
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: posterior inferior cerebellar artery
superior cerebellar artery
glosses: An artery that arises from the basilar artery either alone or by a common trunk with the labyrinthine artery, divides into branches distributed to the anterior parts of the inferior surface of the cerebellum, and gives off a branch that anastomoses with the posterior inferior cerebellar artery.
Related terms: labyrinthine artery
pontine artery
Ike jacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ike jackets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Eisenhower jacket.
synonyms: word: Eisenhower jacket
Derived terms: Ike-jacketed
Ike jackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ike jacket
Eisenhower jacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eisenhower jackets
Etymology: Named after the American military officer and statesman Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Senses: synonyms: Ike jacket
glosses: A waist-length jacket or blouson developed for the U.S. Army during the later stages of World War II. It featured a pleated back, adjustable waist band, fly-front buttons, bellows chest pockets, slash side pockets, and shoulder straps.
wikipedia: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Derived terms: Eisenhower-jacketed
Eisenhower jackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eisenhower jacket
Eisenhowerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Eisenhowerian
form: most Eisenhowerian
Etymology: From Eisenhower + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the American military officer and statesman Dwight D. Eisenhower.
violanthrone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic aromatic ketone used as a vat dye
basilar artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basilar arteries
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: An unpaired artery that is formed by the union of the two vertebral arteries, runs forward within the skull just under the pons, divides into the two posterior cerebral arteries, and supplies the pons, cerebellum, posterior part of the cerebrum, and the inner ear.
nanoenzyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoenzymes
Etymology: From nano- + enzyme.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nanozyme.
nanoenzymes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoenzyme
nanoethicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoethicists
Senses: glosses: One who studies nanoethics.
nanoethical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to nanoethics.
nanoethicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoethicist
nanoenvironmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to nanoenvironments.
gillygaloo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gillygaloos
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A fictional bird said to nest on hillsides and to lay square eggs that will not roll downhill.
Related terms: fatu-liva
gillygaloos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gillygaloo
labyrinthine artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: labyrinthine arteries
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: auditory artery
internal auditory artery
glosses: A long slender artery that arises from the basilar artery or one of its branches, accompanies the vestibulocochlear nerve through the internal auditory canal, and is distributed to the inner ear.
Related terms: anterior inferior cerebellar artery
pontine artery
superior cerebellar artery
posterior inferior cerebellar artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posterior inferior cerebellar arteries
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: anterior inferior cerebellar artery
superior cerebellar artery
glosses: An artery that usually branches from the vertebral artery below its junction with the contralateral vertebral artery to form the basilar artery and that supplies much of the medulla oblongata, the inferior portion of the cerebellum, and part of the floor of the fourth ventricle.
superior cerebellar artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superior cerebellar arteries
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: anterior inferior cerebellar artery
posterior inferior cerebellar artery
glosses: An artery that arises from the basilar artery just before it divides to form the posterior cerebral arteries and supplies or gives off branches supplying the superior part of the cerebellum, midbrain, pineal gland, and choroid plexus of the third ventricle.
Related terms: labyrinthine artery
pontine artery
inspectionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inspection + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: He had often been caught when practising inspectionism upon girls of his own age, or upon the servants.
ref: 1924, Oskar Pfister, Love in Children and Its Aberrations, page 180:
text: Inspectionism or voyeurism is widely regarded as a defense mechanism which the individual adopts in an effort to safeguard his psychological integrity.
ref: 1960, Louis Peter Thorpe, The Psychology of Mental Health, page 474:
glosses: voyeurism
inspectionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inspectionists
Etymology: From inspection + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Many inspectionists hover about homes and apartments, especially those occupied by women, trying to peer into bedrooms or bathrooms. Many so-called Peeping Toms are inspectionists.
ref: 1955, Barney Katz, Louis Peter Thorpe, Understanding People in Distress, page 152:
glosses: A voyeur.
inspectionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inspectionist
cerebellar artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerebellar arteries
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
meronyms: anterior inferior cerebellar artery
posterior inferior cerebellar artery
superior cerebellar artery
glosses: Any of several branches of the basilar and vertebral arteries that supply the cerebellum.
Derived terms: anterior inferior cerebellar artery
posterior inferior cerebellar artery
superior cerebellar artery
spider box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spider boxes
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A unit for distributing power via cables to a number of lights.
spider boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spider box
vertebral artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vertebral arteries
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A large branch of the subclavian artery that ascends through the foramina in the transverse processes of each of the cervical vertebrae except the last one or two, enters the cranium through the foramen magnum, and unites with the corresponding artery of the opposite side to form the basilar artery.
Related terms: costocervical trunk
dorsal scapular artery
internal thoracic artery
thyrocervical trunk
New Monasticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The modern practice of living in religious or spiritual communities that have monastic elements but are not limited to a specific church or denomination.
Namyats
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Reversed spelling of Stayman, the surname of Victor Mitchell's bridge partner, Samuel Stayman.
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: A conventional agreement to open hands with a long major suit that are too strong for a direct preemptive opening with a 'two-under' transfer bid. When the long suit is in hearts, opener bids 4♣, and when it is in spades, opener bids 4♦.
wikipedia: Victor Mitchell (bridge)
Stayman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Staymans
Senses: glosses: A surname.
reet pleat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reet pleats
Senses: glosses: The pleat of a zoot suit.
reet pleats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reet pleat
zuit suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zuit suits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zoot suit.
zuit suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zuit suit
wrylies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrylie
praying Indian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: praying Indians
Senses: glosses: An American Indian who converted to Christianity.
praying Indians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of praying Indian
ribonucleates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ribonucleate
get down to cases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets down to cases
form: getting down to cases
form: got down to cases
form: gotten down to cases
form: got down to cases
form: get right down to cases
Senses: glosses: Synonym of get down to brass tacks.
synonyms: word: get down to brass tacks
get right down to cases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets right down to cases
form: getting right down to cases
form: got right down to cases
form: gotten right down to cases
form: got right down to cases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get down to cases.
get down to bedrock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets down to bedrock
form: getting down to bedrock
form: got down to bedrock
form: gotten down to bedrock
form: got down to bedrock
Senses: glosses: Synonym of get down to brass tacks.
synonyms: word: get down to brass tacks
bedrocky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bedrocky
form: most bedrocky
Etymology: From bedrock + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or full of bedrock.
Hodsons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hodson
bedrocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bedrock
bedrocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bedrock
Menangle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
Schottky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Schottky anomaly
Schottky barrier
Schottky defect
Schottky diode
Schottky effect
Schottky problem
semivacant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + vacant.
Senses: examples: text: Give any information possible at the present time as to the type of sites (slum, semivacant, or vacant) on which the projects are to be built.
ref: 1946, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, General Housing Act of 1945: Hearings, page 255:
glosses: Partly or somewhat vacant.
Related terms: semivacancy
keep one's stick on the ice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's stick on the ice
form: keeping one's stick on the ice
form: kept one's stick on the ice
form: kept one's stick on the ice
Etymology: In reference to the sport of ice hockey.
Senses: glosses: To remain vigilant and ready for action.
multies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multi
Muiderberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Dutch village that was home to its inventors, Onno Janssens and Willem Boegem.
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: A bidding convention, a two-level preemptive opening based on a two-suiter with precisely a five-card major and a minor suit (four-card or longer). The 2♥ opening denotes five hearts and an unknown minor suit, whilst 2♠ denotes five spades and an unknown minor suit.
brown sticker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: Designating a category of contract bridge conventional agreements that are difficult to defend against, and thus only permitted at high levels of tournament play.
HUM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HUMs
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: Initialism of highly unusual method: any of a class of contract bridge bidding systems that require advance preparation to contend with, and are usually restricted to the highest levels of tournament play.
HUMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HUM
Bowral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Wingecarribee Shire, Southern Highlands, New South Wales, Australia.
Cullerin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small township in Upper Lachlan Shire, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
Illabo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A locality in Junee Shire in the Riverina area of New South Wales, Australia.
Emu Plains
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Sydney in the City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
Newnes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A locality in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.
Argeș
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Argeș.
Senses: glosses: A county of Romania.
Timiș
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Timiș.
Senses: glosses: A county of Romania.
glosses: A river in Romania and Serbia.
Related terms: Slatina-Timiș
Neamț
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Neamț.
Senses: glosses: A river and county of Romania. Capital: Piatra Neamț.
Related terms: Vânători-Neamț
Murray Bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A crossing point on the Murray River.
Senses: glosses: A city and local government area, the Rural City of Murray Bridge, in south-eastern South Australia.
wikipedia: Murray River
Vrancea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Vrancea.
Senses: glosses: A county of Romania.
Serviceton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Service + -ton, named after James Service.
Senses: glosses: A small town in western Victoria, Australia, on the border with South Australia.
wikipedia: James Service
Mount Lofty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain, the highest point in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Eustachian tube dysfunction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: ETD
qualifier: otolaryngology
glosses: A disorder in which pressure abnormalities in the middle ear result in symptoms.
Dinkoism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Dinkan + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Rakesh Usha Raghunath (‘Samoosa Thrikonadhyaya’, his ‘religious’ name), one of the coordinators of the event, said that Dinkoism is not just a satirical religion but also a socio-political movement that introduces a^([sic]) alternative system through activism and political intervention.
ref: 2016 March 21, “'Dinkoists' Gather Under a Troll Tree”, in The New Indian Express:
glosses: A parody religion centered around Dinkan, a deity based on a Malayalam comic book who is an anthropomorphic superhero mouse.
Related terms: Flying Spaghetti Monster
Invisible Pink Unicorn
Russell's teapot
Futsing wolf snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Futsing wolf snakes
Etymology: From Chinese 福清白環蛇 /福清白环蛇.
Senses: examples: text: The Futsing Wolf Snake is a terrestrial species often hunting in forested areas or water culverts at higher elevations. It is extremely rare in Hong Kong. A less common encounter for most given its rarity and nocturnal nature, it is possible though very unlikely to bump into one on the trail and if so they should be give a wide berth and left alone due to similar appearance with the deadly Many Banded Krait.
ref: n.d., Adam Francis, Robert Ferguson, “Futsing Wolf Snake — Lycodon futsingensis”, in HongKongSnakeID.com, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2022:
glosses: Lycodon futsingensis
Rhyolite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From rhyolite, the rock.
Senses: glosses: A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
outstrippest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of outstrip
outstrippeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outstrip
Bullfrog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Kane County, Utah, United States.
Hokchiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: hōkʹchyängʹ
Etymology: From Eastern Min 福清 (Hók-chiăng).
Senses: examples: text: For the same year (1878) had witnessed a remarkable development at Hokchiang, to the south of Fuhchow, as well as amongst the places to the north of that city.
ref: 1908, Frank L. Norris, China, A. R. Mowbray & Co., →OCLC, page 87:
text: On a Monday morning two missionaries came down to the beach of a little harbor on the Hokchiang coast and boarded a fishing-smack to go over to the Island of the Southern Sun.
ref: 1912, S. Moore Sites, Nathan Sites: An Epic of the East, Fleming H. Revell Company, →OCLC, page 123:
text: 1899 Two women opened work for the Methodist Protestant Church in Hunan. The women of the Hokchiang District made a “thank offering.”
ref: 1948, Walter N. Lacy, A Hundred Years of China Methodism, Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, →OCLC, page 311:
text: In 1889 William H. Lacy reported that in the Hokchiang (Futsing) District Christians were driven from their homes, their fields pillaged, fruit trees destroyed, and houses razed.
ref: 1957, Wade Crawford Barclay, The Methodist Episcopal Church, 1845-1939, volume 3, New York: Board of Missions of The Methodist Church, →OCLC, page 434:
glosses: Synonym of Fuqing: the Eastern Min-derived name.
synonyms: word: Fuqing
extra: the Eastern Min-derived name
Fuching
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌfuːˈt͡ʃɪŋ/
Etymology: From Mandarin 福清 (Fúqīng), Wade–Giles romanization: Fu²-chʻing¹.
Senses: examples: text: The average condylobasal length of four adult males from Fuching, Fukien, is 135.1 mm., of four females 127.8 mm.
ref: 1929 July 17, Glover Morrill Allen, “Carnivora From the Asiatic Expeditions”, in Collected Papers of G.M. Allen 1927-1929 (American Museum Novitates), volume 1, number 360, →OCLC, page 7:
text: Indonesia's Liem Sioe Liong became a major developer in Fukien. His efforts are centered on Fuching, his hometown just south of Foochow. Even before Indonesia and China normalized relations in 1990, Liem was pouring money into Fuching, earmarking $89 million to build a ten-mile highway, dozens of sprawling apartment blocks, office buildings and factories, and a marble-lobbied three-star hotel.
ref: 1995, Sterling Seagrave, Lords of the Rim: The Invisible Empire of the Overseas Chinese, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 286:
text: Changle and nearby Fuching are, the locals say, ‘widows’ villages’, but such is the admiration given to those who send money back from abroad that poverty is now considered shameful, a disgrace.
ref: 2004, Tony Thompson, Gangs: A Journey into the Heart of the British underworld, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 325:
glosses: Alternative form of Fuqing.
HDG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of hot-dip galvanization.
HDG
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of hot-dip galvanized.
Related terms: galvanized steel
HDA
HDB
HDT
HDZ
nonkindness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English nonkendenes (attested as the collective noun for ravens; cf. unkindness); equivalent to non- + kindness.
Senses: examples: text: That this is true needs no words of science to verify, for those who have been through such experience and know the awful sinking of bodily energies which follows lasting grief, not so much the pain of bereavement as of daily harshness, crossing and unkindness—or nonkindness—the mere lack of affection.
ref: 1893 July 27, “Loneliness a Cause of Cancer”, in Port Huron Daily Times, volume 21, number 6,578, Port Huron, Mich., page 4, column 4:
text: If the person smiled, certain traits such as humor, honesty, and kindness were mentioned in the Ss’ characterizations, but, if the person did not smile, then the traits that were mentioned were high in dishonesty, nonkindness, and impersonality.
ref: 1974, Manas: A Journal of Scientific Psychology, volume 21, page 8:
text: But he heard the words [Ronald] Reagan said when he made a speech standing just a few yards from the Berlin Wall, which had come to symbolize for the world the nonfreedom and nonkindness of communism:[…]
ref: 2001, Peggy Noonan, “Big Triumph”, in When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan, Viking, →ISBN, page 296:
glosses: Synonym of unkindness.
synonyms: word: unkindness
singress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singresses
Senses: examples: text: Singer, it is said, once had his help-meet, singress; but she has departed and sent a songstress to keep company with her mates, the songsters of the groves, as well as of our choirs:[…]
ref: 1866 June, E. F. R., “History in Words”, in The Land We Love. A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Literature, Military History, and Agriculture., volume I, Charlotte, N.C.: […] Ja[me]s P. Irwin & D[aniel] H[arvey] Hill, page 129, column 2:
text: Nothing else being so well calculated to afford agood^([sic]) idea of the peculiar features of every-day life in Hungary as a genuine Hungarian play, the visitor who would pass an evening in studying this, in hearing pretty music and the excellent singing of Madame [Louise] Blaha, called the Hungarian lark, an actress and singress of much ability, should not fail of going to the Nepszinhaz (The Peoples Theatre).
ref: 1891, Joseph Kahn, “The Theatres of Budapest”, in An Illustrated Guide of Budapest, Budapest: Legrady Brothers, […], page 66:
text: Approaching a great and mighty city for the first time must be like going into the presence of majesty; only heaven save me from such palpitation the day I become singress to the queen!
ref: 1896 November, Hall Caine, “The Christian”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume XVI, number 2, section III, page 168, column 2:
text: Ye first tune is Auld Lang Syne by all ye singerse and singresses.
ref: 1899 April 20, “Greate Singing Meet: Ye Old Fashion Singing Meeting at Ye Congregational Church on Ye XXV of Aprille”, in Humboldt County Republican, volume XI, number 3, Humboldt, Iowa, page [5], column 6:
text: The people who offered a silver coin, the singress was to announce the name of the person by way of a gratitude, Ram Singh stood up with one rupee in his hand and asked the singress to announce the Bale of Sardar Ram “Babar Akali”.
ref: 1987, Bakhshish Singh Nijjar, History of the Babar Akalis, ABS Publications, →ISBN, page 527:
glosses: Alternative form of singeress.
singresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singress
puts through the mangle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put through the mangle
putting through the mangle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put through the mangle
puts through the wringer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put through the wringer
putting through the wringer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put through the wringer
quintuplex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin quīntuplex.
Senses: examples: text: This was entered 1 ♅. iii., in November, 1776, and had the honour of being the object to which the grand forty-foot reflector was first directed, in February, 1787, under the designation of “quadruple.” As a trapezium it was gazed at, measured, and delineated, for upwards of fifty years, when Σ. announced it “quintuplex,” by the addition of the little star E.
ref: 1844, William Henry Smyth, “θ¹ Orionis”, in Cycle of Celestial Objects, for the Use of Naval, Military, and Private Astronomers, volume the second (The Bedford Catalogue), London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], page 130:
text: The use of those scientific duplex, quadruplex, and even quintuplex systems could then safely be brought into general use, and this would render possible much cheaper telegraphy.
ref: 1881 February 14, “The Telegraph Clerks’ Agitation”, in The Manchester Guardian, number 10,764, page 7, column 5:
text: We need to point out that in some critical missions, the performance and reliability of a triplex system may not be high enough. In this case, the level of redundancy needs to be increased beyond a triplex system—a quintuplex system (K = 1, N = 5) or a double-triplex system (K = 2, N = 3).
ref: 1996, Proceedings of the Summer Computer Simulation Conference, SCS, →ISBN, page 120, column 1:
glosses: Synonym of quintuple in its various senses.
synonyms: word: quintuple
extra: in its various senses
quintuplex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quintuplexes
Etymology: From Latin quīntuplex.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, physiologically considered, the liver is the great original duplex, while anatomically, it is the enigmatical quintuplex; for it has five lobes, five vessels, five ligaments, five fissures, and, singularlly^([sic]) enough, five letters spells its name.
ref: 1878 August 15, Rob[er]t N[ewton] Tooker, “A New Indictment Against the Liver”, in The United States Medical Investigator. A Semi-Monthly Journal of the Medical Sciences., volume VIII, number 4 (whole 220), Chicago, Ill.: The […] Press, […], page 189:
text: The last-mentioned, the smallest, a girl, was the first-born of the quintuplex and is the one that has survived.
ref: 1880 March 22, “Five Babies at One Birth”, in The Lancaster Intelligencer, volume XVI, number 172, Lancaster, Pa., page [1], column 5:
text: And the Pacemaker outperforms all conventional triplexes and quintuplexes.
ref: 1965, The Oil and Gas Journal, page 113:
text: For the purposes of this presentation, it was assumed that water was to be injected at 2,500 psig and that piston pumps graduating from small triplexes to large quintuplexes would be employed.
ref: 1969, Materials Requirements for Petroleum Exploration and Production, National Petroleum Council, page 135:
text: Typical configurations are simplexes (one plunger), triplexes (three plungers), and quintuplexes (five plungers).
ref: 1999, Charles F. Conaway, The Petroleum Industry: A Nontechnical Guide, Tulsa, Okla.: PennWell Corporation, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of quintuplet: A collection of 5 things.
synonyms: word: quintuplet
extra: A collection of 5 things
examples: text: Clemson Homes has 32 duplexes with two- and three-bedroom units, four quadruplexes and four quintuplexes, providing a total of 100 apartments.
ref: 1951, Architectural Record, page 107, column 2:
text: Between 1900 and 1930, thousands of these duplexes, triplexes, quadruplexes, and quintuplexes were built along Montréal’s straight streets.
ref: 2000 April, Québec, 2000–2001, Ulysses Travel Guides, →ISBN, page 39, column 1:
text: The residential sector, which covers most of the territory, includes duplexes, triplexes, quintuplexes and bungalows.
ref: 2006, Janet Auty-Carlisle, Kai Hansen, “Areas”, in Relocation 101: Focus on Montréal, 2nd edition, Canadian Relocation Systems, →ISBN, section “City of Montréal Communities”, subsection “Saint-Léonard”, page 41:
glosses: Synonym of fiveplex: A building divided into 5 residences or businesses.
synonyms: word: fiveplex
extra: A building divided into 5 residences or businesses
quintuplexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quintuplex
spinal artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinal arteries
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
meronyms: anterior spinal artery
posterior spinal artery
glosses: Any of three arteries that supply the spinal cord and its membranes and adjacent structures.
anterior spinal artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anterior spinal arteries
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: posterior spinal artery
glosses: A single unpaired artery that is formed by the anastomosis of a branch of the vertebral artery on each side and that descends in the anterior median fissure of the spinal cord.
Related terms: basilar artery
posterior inferior cerebellar artery
posterior spinal artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posterior spinal arteries
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: anterior spinal artery
glosses: Either of two arteries of which one arises from a vertebral artery on each side below the level at which the corresponding branch of the anterior spinal artery arises and which descend on the posterior lateral surface of the spinal cord along a line passing close to the entrance of the dorsal roots to the spinal cord.
Related terms: basilar artery
posterior inferior cerebellar artery
anterior median fissure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anterior median fissures
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: ventral median fissure
glosses: A groove along the anterior midline of the spinal cord that incompletely divides it into symmetrical halves.
Oudin resonator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oudin resonators
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Oudin coil.
synonyms: word: Oudin coil
Oudin oscillator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oudin oscillators
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Oudin coil.
synonyms: word: Oudin coil
Oudin resonators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oudin resonator
Oudin oscillators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oudin oscillator
semivacancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semivacancies
Etymology: From semi- + vacancy.
Senses: examples: text: The semivacancies are separated by a variable number of Ge adatoms in metastable T₄ positions and can diffuse or eventually merge back into a single vacancy.
ref: 2008, Edmund G. Seebauer, Meredith C. Kratzer, Charged Semiconductor Defects: Structure, Thermodynamics and Diffusion, page 219:
text: In the undistorted configurations both a divacancy and a semivacancy pair belong to the symmetry point group D3d .
ref: 2012, D. Shaw, Atomic Diffusion in Semiconductors, page 234:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
coordinate_terms: monovacancy
divacancy
trivacancy
glosses: A vacancy defect in which two adjacent lattice sites are unoccupied and an atom occupies the interstitial site between the two vacant sites.
semivacancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semivacancy
proconiine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the tribe Proconiini of the subfamily Cicadellinae.
proconiine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proconiines
Senses: synonyms: sharpshooter
glosses: A member of the tribe Proconiini of the subfamily Cicadellinae.
proconiines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proconiine
don't spend it all in one place
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Since 19-20th century, originally prefixed by "here's a ha'penny". An allusion to criminals paying unusually large amounts in cash, which would raise suspicions.
Senses: synonyms: don't spend it all at once
don't spend it all at one shop
don't spend it all in one shop
glosses: A reaction to someone receiving money, often an insignificant amount.
Wittner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wittners
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wittner.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Abare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abares
Etymology: Americanized spelling of French Hébert.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
rattlecap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rattlecaps
Senses: examples: text: I should write oftener but that my sister Sarah has become such a rattlecap, that she leaves me not a particle of news. Upon my word, she is the greatest talker extant. I am a perfect silence compared with her.
ref: 1897, Abby Hopper Gibbons, Sarah Hopper Emerson, Life of Abby Hopper Gibbons, page 81:
text: He regarded Simon with indulgent fondness, having known him from the cradle, but he knew that Simon was inclined to be a rattlecap; […]
ref: 1970, Georgette Heyer, Charity Girl:
glosses: An unsteady, volatile person.
rattlecaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rattlecap
Abares
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Abare
Wittners
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wittner
Alig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aligs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Alig.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Barrell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Barrells
Etymology: Various origins:
* Metonymic occupational surname for a cooper or a nickname for an obese man or an immoderate drinker, from Old French baril (“barrel”).
* Habitational surname from Barwell, in Leicestershire, from Old English bār (“boar”) + wielle (“well, spring”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Barrells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Barrell
Aligs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Alig
Behnken
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Behnkens
Etymology: Borrowed from German Behnken, from Behn + -ken (diminutive suffix).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Boop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boops
Etymology: Altered form of German Bub.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Boops
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Boop
Behnkens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Behnken
blow the gaff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blows the gaff
form: blowing the gaff
form: blew the gaff
form: blown the gaff
Senses: synonyms: let the cat out of the bag
glosses: To disclose a secret.
glosses: To inform against a person.
Stai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stais
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Stai.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
Spoerl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Spoerls
Etymology: Borrowed from German Spörl.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
nut-cut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: She is supposed to travel in purdah, but at the jokes of the 'nut-cut' policewallah she discards her veil and is pleased to be addressed as 'a Moon of Paradise, a Disturber of Integrity'. Does she represent Indian womanhood?
ref: 1975, Bhupal Singh, A Survey of Anglo-Indian Fiction, page 82:
glosses: roguish; mischievous
nut-cut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The cornet said: "The Begum has been asking about you; she says you look very young; quite a chokra (boy), and have a very gureeb (quiet) look, though, she dares to say, you are a bit of a nut-cut (roguish fellow) for all that."
ref: 1842, The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China and Australasia, volume 38:
glosses: A roguish, mischievous person.
Spoerls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Spoerl
Stais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stai