cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
twise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Lucullus was the elder man, but Pompey of greater dignity, bicauſe he had bene Generall of the Romane people in many warres, & had already triumphed twiſe.
ref: 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “The Life of Lucius Lucullus”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 571:
text: Pannick ſtoppeth the laske as Millet doth, being boiled (as Plinie reporteth) in Goates milk and drunke twiſe in a day.
ref: 1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of Panick”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book I, page 79:
text: The Rationale of iudgement alſo thou shalt mke with embrodered worke of diuers colours, according to the workmanship of the Ephod of gold, hyacinth, and purple, and ſcarlet twiſe died, and twiſted ſilke.
ref: 1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Lavrence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Exodvs 28:15, page 234:
glosses: Obsolete form of twice.
Punakha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /puːˈnɑːkə/
ipa: /puˈnɑkə/
rhymes: -ɑːkə
Etymology: Borrowed from Dzongkha སྤུ་ན་ཁ་ (spu na kha).
Senses: glosses: A district and former capital city of Bhutan.
slave to the wage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slaves to the wage
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wage slave.
synonyms: word: wage slave
slaves to the wage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slave to the wage
drafting site
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drafting sites
Etymology: From drafting + site.
Senses: examples: text: If you don’t have a drafting site, but you do have an accessible creek, is it possible to build an impoundment on the creek for fire water supply?
ref: 2012 March 1, “Drafting Tools & Techniques”, in FirefighterNation, Fairlawn, New Jersey: Clarion Fire & Rescue Group, retrieved 01 Nov 2024:
text: Conditions at the drafting site, however, were less than ideal, which forced the engine companies to violate some of the basic guidelines of drafting.
ref: 2017 November 1, “Urban Drafting Operations at a Chemical Warehouse Fire”, in Fire Engineering, Fairlawn, New Jersey: Clarion Fire & Rescue Group, retrieved 01 Nov 2024:
topics: firefighting
government
glosses: A designated location for a firefighter to draw or pump water out of a natural source, such as a lake or river.
Synonyms: sense: designated location for a firefighter to draw water out of a natural source
word: fire site
sense: designated location for a firefighter to draw water out of a natural source
word: filling site
sense: designated location for a firefighter to draw water out of a natural source
word: fill site
service berry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: service berries
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of serviceberry.
service berries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of service berry
service-berry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: service-berries
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of serviceberry.
service-berries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of service-berry
wage-slave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wage-slaves
form: wage-slaving
form: wage-slaved
form: wage-slaved
Senses: glosses: To work for minimal wages while having little to no professional autonomy.
glosses: To perform very unpleasant or drudging work for a wage.
Related terms: english: nominal form
translation: nominal form
word: wage slave
wage-slaves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wage-slave
wage-slaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of wage-slave
wage-slaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wage-slave
Sore-Loserman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sore Loserman.
Sore/Loserman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sore Loserman.
ensiform process
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ensiform processes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of xiphoid process.
synonyms: word: xiphoid process
ensiform processes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ensiform process
low-paying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lower-paying
form: lowest-paying
Senses: antonyms: high-paying
glosses: That pays at a low or insufficient rate.
high-paying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: higher-paying
form: highest-paying
Senses: antonyms: low-paying
glosses: That pays at a high or sufficient rate; well-paid.
lower-paying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of low-paying: more low-paying
lowest-paying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of low-paying: most low-paying
higher-paying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of high-paying: more high-paying
highest-paying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of high-paying: most high-paying
Kamalanomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Kamala + -nomics.
Senses: examples: ref: 2021 June 1, Kamala Harris, “Kamalanomics: Vice President Harris Outlines Her Vision Of Inclusive Entrepreneurship”, in Forbes, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2021
text: During a panel segment on Fox News’s Outnumbered program, McEnany noted that Forbes had recently coined the term Kamalanomics in a profile about the current vice president. “Forbes has discovered a new philosophy, Kamalanomics, named after Kamala,” McEnany complained, “and it’s about propping up women small business owners.”
ref: 2021 June 1, David Edwards, “‘Ivankanomics’: Kayleigh McEnany Is Very Upset Forbes Put Kamala Harris on Its Cover but Not Ivanka Trump”, in David Badash, editor, The New Civil Rights Movement, AlterNet Media, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2021:
ref: 2021 June 2, Brad Polumbo, “The Hole in ‘Kamalanomics’: A Glaring Flaw Plagues the Veep’s Plan to Restore the Economy”, in CE Think Tank Newswire, Foundation for Economic Education, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2021
ref: 2024 July 6, Rick Newman, “This week in Bidenomics: Kamalanomics?”, in Yahoo! Finance, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2024
text: The fact that Kamalanomics looks so much like Bidenomics poses big risks for her candidacy, given how unpopular the latter has proved to be.
ref: 2024 July 23, “Kamala Harris carries the torch, and the burden, of Bidenomics”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2024:
ref: 2024 July 23, Mikkel Rosenvold, “Great Game - 5 Things I Expect from Kamalanomics”, in Steno Research, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2024
text: Indeed, distinguishing between Bidenomics and Kamalanomics is challenging, as her political and economic philosophies are closely aligned with Biden’s.
ref: 2024 July 24, “Harris shakes up election”, in The Free Press Journal, Mumbai: Indian National Press Bombay Pvt. Ltd., published 25 July 2024, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2024, Editorial page, column 1:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The economic ideas and policies of Kamala Harris.
Related terms: Reaganomics
NCMF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Commission on Muslim Filipinos.
spiranic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spiran + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to spiro compounds.
alveate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin alveātus.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alveated.
Hlyboke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /hlɪbˈɔːkeɪ/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Глибо́ке (Hlybóke).
Senses: glosses: A village in Bakhmach urban hromada, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Talalaivka settlement hromada, Pryluky Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Manhush settlement hromada, Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Bohorodchany settlement hromada, Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine.
examples: text: Intense clashes continue in the northern Kharkiv region, and significant developments have unfolded particularly around the settlement of Hlyboke, where Ukrainian forces have launched a series of tactical counterattacks.
ref: 2024 July 25th, “Reporting from Ukraine” (channel name), 24 Jul: Nice: Russian Friendly Fire Allows Ukrainians to Semi-Encircle the Town of Hlyboke, via YouTube, 0:03–0:14:
text: Moreover, reports have emerged claiming a concentration of Ukrainian forces in Lyptsi, south of Hlyboke, which has not gone unnoticed by Russian observers.
ref: ibidem, 2:44–2:52
text: But, uh, in Kharkiv we have a Russian advance here at Hlyboke. The Russians have entered this area here, which is a dacha area. We have the geolocation: one is roughly here and one is here, so they are in the northern- / northwesternmost part in this area and, as you can see, it’s still, uh, being considered to be under Ukrainian control on this map, so the map will have to be adjusted. They – the Russians – managed to push the Ukrainians somewhat southwest of Hlyboke.
ref: 2024 September 21st, Torsten Heinrich M.A. (channel name: “Military & History”), TWO MORE Ammo Depots blown up. Up to 40.000 TONS of Ammo gone!, via YouTube, 5:44–6:12:
glosses: A village in Lyptsi rural hromada, Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1930.
glosses: A village in Pryiutivka settlement hromada, Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Boryspil urban hromada, Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A former village in the former Bilokurakyne Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, disestablished before the introduction of hromady.
glosses: A village in Molodohvardiisk urban hromada, Luhansk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Kobleve rural hromada, Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Tatarbunary urban hromada, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Hlobyne urban hromada, Kremenchuk Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Liutenka rural hromada, Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Myrhorod urban hromada, Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Baranyntsi rural hromada, Uzhhorod Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine.
self-unaware
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more self-unaware
form: most self-unaware
Etymology: From self- + unaware.
Senses: examples: text: The list could be compounded enormously, but from such and others like these, definitive interpretations of the plays in which they appear have been promulgated—postulating, say, a schizophrenic Iago, a self-dramatizing Othello, a paranoid Henry IV, a Benedick completely self-unaware, a pattern concerning true and false gold in Romeo and Juliet, and every sort of Gertrude.
ref: 1970, Eugene Paul Nassar, “Shakespeare’s Games with His Audience”, in The Rape of Cinderella: Essays in Literary Continuity, Bloomington, Ind.; London: Indiana University Press, →ISBN, Part I (Continuity), page 112:
text: What are some of the self-unaware things leaders do that drive others nuts? (Let me get you started: talking over people, needing to have the last word, taking credit for other people’s ideas, “punishing” those who point out their mistakes . . . what else?)
ref: 2013, Jodi Detrick, “Terra-Cotta Warriors; Leadership Quality: Self-Awareness”, in The Jesus-Hearted Woman: 10 Leadership Qualities for Enduring & Endearing Influence, Springfield, Mo.: Salubris Resources, →ISBN, page 210:
text: It is my conviction that we, pastors that is, are far more sexually broken than we are even conscious of or willing to admit. I don’t mean that this is a willful suppression of some dark truth about ourselves—though it could be. As counterintuitive as this may sound, my experience tells me that we may be among some of the most self-unaware people on earth.
ref: 2017, Joel Willitts, “Bent Sexuality and the Pastor”, in Gerald Hiestand, Todd Wilson, editors, Beauty, Order, and Mystery: A Christian Vision of Human Sexuality, Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP Academic, →ISBN, Part 2 (The Beauty and Brokenness of Sexuality), pages 120–121:
glosses: Not self-aware.
Related terms: self-unawareness
self-unawareness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + unawareness.
Senses: examples: text: Is not the collocation of “love, timidity, and indolence” a telling one, and is it clear that it lies beyond Mr Verloc’s consciousness, to be enjoyed as the superior narrator’s disdain at this display of self-unawareness put on for the gratified illumination of the reader?
ref: 2008 spring, Hugh Epstein, “‘The Fitness of Things’: Conrad’s English Irony in ‘Typhoon’ and The Secret Agent”, in Allan H. Simmons, editor, The Conradian: Journal of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK), volume 33, number 1, Amsterdam; New York, N.Y.: Editions Rodopi; The Joseph Conrad Society (UK), →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, pages 18–19:
text: God revealed to this hurting woman the beauty and power of love; she broke free from the bondage of self-unawareness and was delivered from the strongholds that had blocked her ability to see God in her life.
ref: 2017, Carolyn T. Linn, “Preface”, in Loving a Beautiful Mind: Schizophrenia and an Amazing God!, Maitland, Fla.: Xulon Press, →ISBN, page xiii:
text: “[…] My main concern right now is my family, and to make enough money to retire comfortably.” Smith’s attempt at humility morphs into an epic display of self-unawareness. “I’m just an average guy,” he goes on. “Maybe I’m more adventuresome than most. I’m of a fearless nature.[…]”
ref: 2020, Joe Pappalardo, “The Veteran’s Voice”, in Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner’s Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, Part 5 (Postwar Dream), page 301:
glosses: The lack of self-awareness.
Related terms: self-unaware
dhawda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dhawa.
cheollik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheolick
form: cheolique
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 철릭 (cheollik).
Senses: glosses: A Korean robe, equivalent of the Mongol terlig
anti-merger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antimerger.
dotcom boom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dotcom booms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dot-com boom.
Kerne Bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English cweorn, later quern (“mill”).
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Walford parish, south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5818).
ghasdana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A levi for horse fodder collected by Marathas, originally a form of pillage.
DDTase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that can extract hydrogen chloride from DDT.
Synonyms: DDT-dehydrochlorinase
dehydrohalogenase
dehydrohalogenase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de + hydro- + halogen + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that can remove hydrogen halogenide from a molecule, usually meaning DDTase.
plays of words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of play of words
recursive compound word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recursive compound words
Etymology: From recursive + compound word (which itself, being a compound word, is autological), making the word recursive compound word autological too.
Senses: examples: text: The recursive compound word "chocolate teapot" is composed of "chocolate" and "teapot" which itself is also a compound word composed of "tea" and "pot".
text: A structure of recursive compound words has not been discussed by many researchers in the generative linguistics. In compounding, recursion can be defined that a compound noun freely becomes the base of another compound noun (Namiki 1988).
ref: 2008 October 24, Makiko Mukai, “Recursive compounds”, in Word Structure, volume 1, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 178-198:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Compound word composed of at least one other compound word.
Hypernyms: compound word
Derived terms: recursive compound
Related terms: recursive acronym
anchorably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more anchorably
form: most anchorably
Etymology: From anchorable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an anchorable manner.
anchorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anchorisms
Etymology: From anchor (“anchorite”) + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The manner or disposition of an anchorite; anchoritism; hermitism; reclusion.
anchorisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anchorism
UGF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UGFs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of underground facility.
UGFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of UGF
anchorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anchorists
Etymology: From anchor + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anchorite.
synonyms: word: anchorite
anchorists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anchorist
monchong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: Sickle pomfret (Taractichthys steindachneri)
glosses: Brilliant pomfret (also called lustrous pomfret, Eumegistus illustris)
anchoritish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anchoritish
form: most anchoritish
Etymology: From anchorite + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Anchoretic; reclusive: secluded.
faux frais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French faux frais.
Senses: topics: capitalism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: The faux frais of production.
felks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of felk
kalops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish kalops from English collops.
Senses: glosses: A type of beef stew.
byte order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: byte orders
Senses: examples: text: Under this order the first bit to be sent is the LEAST significant bit (B0) of the MOST significant byte (C0) of the first word, followed by the rest of the bits of this byte, then the same right-to-left bit order inside the left-to-right byte order.
ref: 1980 April 1, Danny Cohen, On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace, IETF, archived from the original on 2014-07-224:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Order in which bytes are written or read, in memory or through a transmission; choices being big-endian or little-endian.
Synonyms: endianness
Hypernyms: order
Coordinate terms: bit order
byte order
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: So that machines with different byte order conventions can communicate, the Internet protocols specify a canonical byte order convention for data transmitted over the network. This is known as network byte order.
ref: 2001 July 6, “Sockets”, in The GNU C Library Reference Manual, Edition 0.10, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2003, The Internet Namespace, Byte Order Conversion:
glosses: Relating to the order of bytes, the endianness.
Derived terms: byte order mark
byte-order mark
underconstrain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underconstrains
form: underconstraining
form: underconstrained
form: underconstrained
Etymology: From under- + constrain.
Senses: examples: text: Finding the correct combination of assumptions that neither over- or underconstrain the inputs is often a difficult task.
ref: 2005, Janick Bergeron, Eduard Cerny, Alan Hunter, Verification Methodology Manual for SystemVerilog, page 284:
antonyms: overconstrain
glosses: To apply insufficient constraints (to).
archdivinity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archdivinities
Etymology: From arch- + divinity.
Senses: examples: text: One myth asserts that it was first used in designating the archdivinity of Yorubaland.
ref: 2004, Philip M. Peek, Kwesi Yankah, African Folklore: An Encyclopedia, page 833:
topics: fantasy
lifestyle
literature
media
publishing
religion
science-fiction
theology
glosses: A chief or reigning divinity, particularly in a polytheistic system.
archdivinities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archdivinity
Epigravettian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Épigravettien.
Senses: examples: text: Other parts of southern Europe that were occupied during the last glacial maximum showed industries that were essentially a continuation of the Gravettian into the so-called Epigravettian, characterized by much variation in types of points and other tools.
ref: 2011, Sarunas Milisauskas, editor, European Prehistory: A Survey, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 97:
synonyms: Tardigravettian
coordinate_terms: Magdalenian
glosses: A late Paleolithic culture following the Gravettian, c. 21000–10000 BCE.
Toys Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Toy's Hill
Senses: glosses: A hamlet and hill in Brasted parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4751).
glacial maximum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glacial maxima
form: glacial maximums
Senses: examples: text: The last glacial maximum is estimated to have occurred between 26,000 and 20,000 years ago.
glosses: The point during a glacial period when the ice sheets are at their greatest extent.
Derived terms: LGM
lwk
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of LWK.
glacial period
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glacial periods
Senses: synonyms: glacial
glaciation
glosses: An interval of time within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances.
glacial periods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glacial period
waiter's friends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waiter's friend
waiters' friends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waiter's friend
with friends like that, who needs enemies
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of with friends like these who needs enemies?.
waiter's knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waiter's knife
waiters' knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waiter's knife
back-of-the-fag-packet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of back-of-the-envelope.
synonyms: word: back-of-the-envelope
back-of-the-napkin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of back-of-the-envelope.
synonyms: word: back-of-the-envelope
check the math
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: checks the math
form: checking the math
form: checked the math
form: checked the math
Senses: glosses: To verify the source or accuracy of something.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see check, math.
checks the math
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of check the math
checking the math
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of check the math
checked the math
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of check the math
family wage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: family wages
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A wage that is sufficient to raise or support a family.
family wages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of family wage
best-paid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That earns the highest wage than all others.
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: That provides the highest pay than any other form of employment.
raw_tags: of work
Related terms: better-paid
well-paid
bulkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulka
anelytrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anelytrous
form: most anelytrous
Etymology: From an- + elytrous.
Senses: glosses: Not elytrous.
antiozones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiozone
anti-ozones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-ozone
cross road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross roads
Senses: examples: text: Services at Cheddar and Bridgwater running through an almost continuous line of houses and on much used roads, could not be made to pay, whereas those on the Landyssul-New Quay road running over miles of empty moorland, were among the heaviest services, with passengers joining and leaving at every cross road.
ref: 1952 September, A. E. C. Dent, “Early G.W.R. Road Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 631:
glosses: Alternative form of crossroad.
anecdotographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anecdotographers
Etymology: From anecdote + -o- + -grapher.
Senses: examples: text: Not even the anecdotographer would disturb the slumbers of these worthies; they are gone, and it is surely an atonement for their appearance in the world, that they are gone for ever.
ref: 1821 November 24, “The Censor.–No. XI: Supplement to the Progress of Anecdotal Literature”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume XCI, page 418:
glosses: Someone who writes, collects or publishes anecdotes.
anecdotographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anecdotographer
parasite aircraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parasite aircrafts
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A component of a composite aircraft which is carried aloft and air-launched by a larger carrier aircraft or mother ship to support the primary mission of the carrier.
air-launch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: air-launches
form: air-launching
form: air-launched
form: air-launched
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To release a missile, rocket, parasite aircraft or other aircraft payload from a mother ship or launch aircraft.
parasite aircrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parasite aircraft
air-launched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of air-launch
air-launched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of a rocket or missile, launched from an aircraft while in flight.
air-launches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of air-launch
air-launching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of air-launch
Batterygate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From battery + -gate.
Senses: examples: text: Consumers riled up about Apple's Batterygate. We spoke to iPhone owners in the historic Gaslamp district of San Diego about Apple's admission that it slowed down older phones purposely.
ref: 2017 December 30, Jefferson Graham, “Apple's apology for Batterygate didn't go far enough”, in USA TODAY:
text: Apple's Batterygate is a bit different than the Volkswagen scandal -- there's no direct environmental damage here (other than old phones prematurely destined for trash heaps) but the loss of trust the company is likely to incur might be just as significant.
ref: 2018 February 1, Jason Perlow, “Batterygate: Apple betrayed its customers and now it faces a world of hurt”, in ZDNET:
text: If there was one positive that came out of Batterygate, it was an increased public awareness and support for Right to Repair legislation.
ref: 2018 August 9, Arthur Shi, “Batterygate: A Complete History of Apple Throttling iPhones”, in iFixit:
glosses: A controversy in which Apple intentionally slowed down the performance of older iPhones.
AirDrops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of AirDrop
AirDropping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of AirDrop
AirDropped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of AirDrop
wage moderation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wage moderations
Senses: topics: business
economics
finance
sciences
glosses: A method of devaluing a real exchange rate internally, as a way of regaining competitiveness when a nation's nominal exchange rate is fixed.
wage moderations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wage moderation
hourly wage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hourly wages
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The amount that an employee is paid per hour of work.
hourly wages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hourly wage
blue tick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue ticks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blue check.
synonyms: word: blue check
blue ticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue tick
bluecheck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluechecks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blue check.
bluechecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bluecheck
blue-tick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue-ticks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blue tick.
blue-ticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue-tick
neck-and-neck
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neck and neck.
neckholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neckholders
Senses: glosses: Synonym of halterneck.
synonyms: word: halterneck
self-beration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + beration.
Senses: examples: text: However, this self-beration had little effect on her eyes as, with a will of their own, they touched on the curve of his lips.
ref: 1983, Lynsey Stevens, Forbidden Wine, Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 8:
text: There are a few things that I have always found helpful when I am reflecting upon where I am, without it degenerating into a futile exercise in narcissistic navel-gazing or self-beration.
ref: 1999, Farid Esack, On Being a Muslim: Finding a Religious Path in the World Today, Oneworld, →ISBN, page 53:
text: Writing in a post-Waterloo culture that repudiated the trappings of usurping authority and revolutionary time, Austen depicts Sir Walter as the perfect example of a subject born out of ressentiment, affectively retreading the ground of the past with an impotent self-beration that props up his calcified sense of prestige.
ref: 2009, Jacques Khalip, Anonymous Life: Romanticism and Dispossession, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 163:
glosses: Beratement of oneself.
neckholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neckholder
Upper Paleolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The late Paleolithic, from c. 50000 to 12000 BCE.
Related terms: Aurignacian
Epigravettian
Gravettian
Magdalenian
Solutrean
psychic death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychic deaths
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
qualifier: analytical psychology
glosses: A stage in which a dying person begins to accept their death and as a result, withdraws from others and regresses into the self.
psychic deaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychic death
Madelenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Magdalenian.
Strowger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from ?
Derived terms: Strowger exchange
Strowger switch
tweak freak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tweak freaks
Etymology: From tweak + freak. Chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A person who modifies software or hardware in order to enhance its performance beyond their normal and acceptable standards.
topics: drugs
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A regular user of methamphetamine.
tweak freaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tweak freak
arc lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arc light
ash-throated crakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ash-throated crake
whiny-ass titty babies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whiny-ass titty baby
butylthio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From butyl + thio-.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The chemical group or radical consisting of a butyl thioether.
Coordinate terms: butoxy
Derived terms: tert-butylthio
box truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box trucks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of box van (“A truck with an enclosed cuboid-shaped cargo area”).
synonyms: word: box van
extra: A truck with an enclosed cuboid-shaped cargo area
cube truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cube trucks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of box van (“A truck with an enclosed cuboid-shaped cargo area”).
synonyms: word: box van
extra: A truck with an enclosed cuboid-shaped cargo area
covered goods wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covered goods wagons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of box van (“an enclosed railway goods wagon”).
synonyms: word: box van
extra: an enclosed railway goods wagon
Ukrofascism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ukro- + fascism.
Senses: examples: text: After the Maidan some of them also went downhill to epic trash, started writing about Ukrofascism and palling around with fighters in Donetsk, like Vitaly Leybin of Russki Reporter.
ref: 2018 December 22, Otar Dovzhenko, “Russian Liberal Media? No, Thank You”, in Detector Media:
text: The Russians killed you in 2014, spreading propaganda, ukrofascism, and other narratives.
ref: 2022 April 7, “Why “why us” questions appear from both sides of Russia – Ukraine war?”, in Ukraine Frontlines:
text: Both Dasha and her father, Alexander Dugin, could be the target,” Rogov said, drawing attention to the fact that Dugin was waging her own fight against “Ukrofascism and its Ango-Saxon^([sic]) masters.”
ref: 2022 August 21, admin_l6ma5gus, “In Zaporozhye, Dugina’s death was linked to Ukraine”, in Pledge Times:
glosses: Synonym of Ukronazism.
synonyms: word: Ukronazism
Related terms: Ukrofascist
cube trucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cube truck
box trucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box truck
covered goods wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of covered goods wagon
Tannadice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village north of Forfar, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4758).
diabaticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From diabatic + -ity.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The condition of being diabatic; A measure of the extent to which a process is diabatic.
Derived terms: nondiabaticity
undermarkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + markings.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Latham says, that the eggs are of a cinereous grey, whimsically marked with deep brownish black patches of irre gular sizes and shapes, besides some undermarkings of a dusky hue.
ref: 1812, British Zoology, volume 2, Wilkie and Robinson, page 145:
text: Before flying away, he strutted his feathers so that I could observe his yellow undermarkings.
ref: 1997, David Loxterkamp, A Measure of My Days: The Journal of a Country Doctor, UPNE, page 285:
text: Color: Dark red with white undermarkings and patches of white on the body.
ref: 2015 September 15, Kristin J. Holtgrew-Bohling, Large Animal Clinical Procedures for Veterinary Technicians, Elsevier Health Sciences, page 420:
glosses: Markings that appear on the underside of something. Usually used to describe an animal.
septagliptin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: septagliptins
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor used as a drug to treat diabetes
zoo animal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoo animals
Senses: glosses: A type of animal that is typically found at zoos.
tamagotchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tamagotchis
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Tamagotchi.
tamagotchis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tamagotchi
diamyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + amyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two amyl groups in a molecule
dihexylphosphonates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dihexylphosphonate
dihexylphosphonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihexylphosphonates
Etymology: From di- + hexyl + phosphonate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A phosphonate ester with two hexyl groups.
trialkylphosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trialkylphosphates
Etymology: From tri- + alkyl + phosphate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A phosphate ester with three alkyl groups.
space vessel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: space vessels
Senses: glosses: A spacecraft.
space vessels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of space vessel
glifozins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glifozin
glifozin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glifozins
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor used to treat type-2 diabetes.
Derived terms: dapaglifozine
intraclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to intraclasts.
Pátzcuaro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Michoacán, Mexico.
something like that
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: From something + like + that.
Senses: examples: text: How much did that cost you? Five grand?
Something like that, yeah...
text: So are you two an item yet?
Eh, something like that.
glosses: An intentionally vague thing, used in answers to leading questions which the speaker wishes to deflect or evade.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see something, like, that.
Related terms: something or other
or words to that effect
euph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: euphs
Etymology: Clipping of euphonium.
Senses: glosses: Euphonium.
C family
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: C families
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Any one of the several programming languages which share significant features of the C programming language.
C families
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of C family
calloc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callocs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A subroutine in the C programming language's standard library for performing dynamic memory allocation.
calloc
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: callocs
form: callocing
form: calloced
form: calloced
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To allocate memory using the C programming language calloc subroutine.
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Senses: glosses: Official name of Guyana: a country in South America.
like fits
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more like fits
form: most like fits
Etymology: As in paroxysms or fits
Senses: examples: text: That night we arrived at a little place called Georgenthal where we got a jolly supper and slept in two most romantically large, rickety, cold and ghostly chambers, with the wind outside blowing like fits and creaking the dismal old sign in the most pleasing manner.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Henry Adams, Letters Of Henry Adams 1858 1891:
text: It was blowing like fits; if anything had carried away I should have been on shore in a jiffy..
ref: 1903, Erskine Childers, chapter VIII, in The Riddle of the Sands, Nelson Library edition, London: T Nelson & Sons, page 98:
text: […] the weather has changed instead of freezing now it is blowing gales and raining like fits.
ref: 1907, “Robertsbridge - a Mediaeval Village”, in Diary of Ethel Mercy Burchett – a Robertsbridge Girl, retrieved 26 Jul 2024:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
weather
glosses: in squalls, strongly, in paroxysms
UFOnaut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UFOnauts
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ufonaut.
UFOnauts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of UFOnaut
soft-close
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a drawer, door, etc., that has a mechanism which slows down movement when closing in order to avoid slamming.
wind sleeve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wind sleeves
Senses: glosses: Synonym of windsock.
synonyms: word: windsock
wind sleeves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wind sleeve
human wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: human waves
Senses: examples: text: human wave tactics
text: human wave assault
text: The generals relied on costly human waves to make tiny conquests that they could sell to politicians and the population.
glosses: A frontal assault by unprotected densely concentrated infantry against the enemy line.
Cratfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3175).
wikipedia: Cratfield
Glenbuck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7429).
perfect twelfth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfect twelfths
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The interval between the first and third harmonics of the harmonic series. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it spans nineteen semitones or twelve degrees of the diatonic scale.
Synonyms: tritave
Related terms: perfect fifth
perfect twelfths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfect twelfth
bottom-shelf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: a bottle of bottom-shelf wine
text: Ryder had a soft spot for off-brand soda, since that was what they'd had often when he was in charge, and they were living off a shoestring. Nothing wrong with bottom-shelf cereal and grape soda; not in his opinion.
ref: 2020, Maisey Yates, The Hero of Hope Springs:
text: 2019, Todd Wagner: 30-Minute Overview of Come and See
Instead of trusting that God's plan for us is what we desire, we try to find fulfillment in the "bottom-shelf candy" of compromise or isolation that seems right to us.
glosses: Cheap or low-quality.
polyplocodont
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + -odont.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a highly folded inner boundary to the dentine of a tooth.
Goldfinch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
barrell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrells
Senses: examples: text: And ſhe ſaid, As the Lord thy God liueth, I haue not a cake, but an handfull of meale in a barrell, and a little oyle in a cruſe: […]
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 17:12, column 2:
text: [A] Lieutenant of a Troupe of compleat armed French Piſtoliers, is reputed better in degree then a Captaine of an hundred Foot, a Lieutenant of the late inuented Dragoones (being not aboue ſixteene inche Barrell, and full Muſquet bore) the Foot-Captaines equall, and the Lieutenant of a Troupe of Harquebuſsiers or Carbines his immediate younger brother.
ref: 1622, Francis Markham, “Epist[le] 5. To the Right Honorable William Lord Peter of Writtle. The Argument. Of the Captaine of Horse.”, in Five Decades of Epistles of Warre, London: […] Augustine Matthewes, →OCLC, decad 4, pages 137–138:
text: Mercurye the nimble poſt of heaven, / Stood ſtill to ſee the quarrell; / Gorrel-bellyed Bacchus, gyant-like, / Beſtryd a ſtrong-beere barrell.
ref: 1765, Thomas Percy, compiler, “Old Tom of Bedlam: Mad Song the First”, in Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: […], volume II, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, book III, page 345, lines 37–40:
glosses: Obsolete form of barrel.
barrells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barrell
Buto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈb(j)uː.toʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βουτώ (Boutṓ), from Egyptian wAD-t-I12 (wꜣḏt (literally “green one”)), an allusion to the skin of the cobra. Doublet of Wadjet.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Wadjet.
synonyms: word: Wadjet
put into context
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts into context
form: putting into context
form: put into context
form: put into context
Senses: examples: text: Let me put it into context.
glosses: contextualization; something apparently outstanding, made look less so by providing context