cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
phosphorylcreatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phosphoryl + creatine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Phosphocreatine.
creatine phosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creatine phosphates
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: CP
word: creatine-P
glosses: Phosphocreatine.
mycocellulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myco- + cellulose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of cellulose, similar to chitin, that forms the membranes of fungi
home consoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of home console
enneadecahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enneadecahedra
form: enneadecahedrons
Etymology: From enneadeca- + -hedron.
Senses: examples: text: Guy [24] and Knowlton have independently discovered a uniform unistable enneadecahedron.
ref: 1970, Research Paper, page 22:
text: Klamkin noted that [1] contains an improved solution by R.K. Guy to the polyhedron problem, consisting of a doubly truncated 17-sided convex prism, making it an enneadecahedron (19 faces). […] Ogilvy referred to his book [4], where he describes Guy's enneadecahedron.
ref: 1980, Crux Mathematicorum, pages 28, 29:
text: Our solid is a 17-sided prism, half of whose section is illustrated in Fig. 5, truncated obliquely as in the side view of Fig. 6, so it is an enneadecahedron.
ref: 1990, Murray S. Klamkin, Problems in Applied Mathematics: Selections from SIAM Review, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, →ISBN, page 478:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polyhedron with nineteen faces.
unistable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + stable.
Senses: examples: text: 24. Are there unistable polyhedra with less than 19 faces? / A unistable polyhedron is one which when made of material of uniform density, will rest in stable equilibrium on only one of its faces.
ref: 1970, Research Paper, page 22:
text: There are two basic types of amorphous materials—the unistable and the bistable. The unistable material is one in which there are no structural changes. […] The mechanisms for carrier control in the unistable materials are electronic.
ref: 1979, IEEE Computer Society, Exploding Technology, Responsible Growth: Digest of Papers, pages 158, 159:
text: (b) What is the least dimension, if any, in which a simplex can be unistable? If the condition of uniform density of material is relaxed, then a simplex can be unistable in 3 dimensions.
ref: 1990, Murray S. Klamkin, Problems in Applied Mathematics: Selections from SIAM Review, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, →ISBN, page 478:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: stable when resting on one of its faces
raw_tags: of a polyhedron
postfrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + frons.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The part of the frons of an insect above or behind the antennae.
Coordinate terms: prefrons
prefrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + frons.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The part of the frons of an insect ahead of or below the antennae.
Coordinate terms: postfrons
subcallus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcalli
Etymology: From sub- + callus.
Senses: examples: text: It is interesting to note that the presumed male of this species does not have shiny anterior tentorial pits but does have a pair of dark brown spots on the subcallus, these lacking in the female.
ref: 1985, Richard C. Wilkerson, “A new species of Stenotabanus (Brachytabanus) (Diptera: Tabanidae) with a key to the species of the subgenus”, in Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, volume 87, number 1, page 223:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The lowest of the calli on the frons of some species of horse flies.
subcalli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcallus
horse fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horse flies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of horsefly.
horse flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horse fly
monaxonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From monaxon + -al.
Senses: examples: text: In this group the skeleton is composed of monaxonal and tri- and tetractinal spicules of calcium carbonate.
ref: 1967, James Herdman Wilmoth, Biology of Invertebrata, page 58:
text: With a reticulate, fibrous skeleton of spongin spined by unique monaxonal spicules pointed at one end, blunt at other and bearing whorls of small spines along their length.
ref: 1984, A Synoptic Classification of Living Organisms, →ISBN, page 138:
text: However, since in reality the two remaining rays are in the same plane, diactines can also be considered monaxonal.
ref: 1984, The Cell Biology of Sponges, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: Having one axis.
monaxon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monaxons
Etymology: From mon- + axon.
Senses: examples: text: The monaxons are all of large size, being at least twice as thick as the basal rays of the triradiate systems, and not less than 300 μ in length, allowing for those which are apparently not full-grown.
ref: 1905, Zoological Society of London, Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, page 10:
text: In this sponge the ordinary monaxons vary greatly in size but agree in their characters, and form one class in which every gradation can be found between the two extremes of size. […] Again, his fig. 25, intended to represent a large monaxon with many cells on it, is not convincing to me, as it is not possible with the magnification given (300) to determine the relation of the cells to the spicule.
ref: 1908, Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, pages 312, 313:
text: A desma consists of an ordinary minute monaxon, triradiate or tetraxon spicule called crepis, on which layers of silica have been deposited irregularly.
ref: 2017, Zoology for Degree Students (For B.Sc. Hons. 1st Semester, As per CBCS), →ISBN, page 185:
glosses: A monaxonal spicule of a sponge.
monaxons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monaxon
Neo-Confucian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Neo-Confucian
form: most Neo-Confucian
form: neo-Confucian
Etymology: From neo- + Confucian.
Senses: examples: text: As for K’ang Yu-wei, his first given name was Tsu-i. He was born in 1858, in the district of Nan-hai, Kwangtung, into an old and aristocratic family which for generations had been noted for its Neo-Confucian scholarship.
ref: 1956, Li Chien-lung, translated by Ssu-yu Teng and Jeremy Hills, The Political History of China, 1840-1928, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., page 145:
glosses: Of or relating to Neo-Confucianism.
Neo-Confucian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Neo-Confucians
form: neo-Confucian
Etymology: From neo- + Confucian.
Senses: glosses: An adherent of Neo-Confucianism.
Neo-Confucians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Neo-Confucian
over-the-pole
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: transpolar
sofa surf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sofa surfs
form: sofa surfing
form: sofa surfed
form: sofa surfed
Senses: glosses: Synonym of couch surf.
synonyms: word: couch surf
Derived terms: sofa surfer
sofa surfing
sofa surfing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sofa surf + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of couch surfing.
synonyms: word: couch surfing
Related terms: sofa surf
sofa surfer
sofa surfing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From sofa surf + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sofa surf
ROB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Region of background (in digital images).
Related terms: ROI
ROCE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ROCEs
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Abbreviation of return on capital employed.
Related terms: topics: finance
business
word: ROE
topics: finance
business
word: ROI
topics: finance
business
word: RONA
topics: finance
business
word: ROR
ROCEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ROCE
Chestfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1366).
polster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polsters
Etymology: From German Polster (“cushion”).
Senses: examples: text: It is on this rocky surface that one finds many of the growth forms associated with extreme life conditions: polsters, mat plants, espaliers.
ref: 1915 April, F. J. Smiley, “The alpine and subapline vegetation of the Lake Tahoe region”, in Botanical Gazette, volume 59, page 265:
text: The polsters give the glacier the appearance of a cobble-strewn surface.
ref: 1972, Calvin J. Heusser, “Polsters of the moss Drepanocladus berggrenii on Gilkey Glacier, Alaska”, in Torreya, volume 99, number 1, pages 34–36:
text: Moss polsters were sampled using an equivalent surface cross-section area to that of the traps.
ref: 1991, P. R. Cundill, “Comparisons of moss polster and pollen trap data: a pilot study”, in Grana, volume 30, number 2, →DOI:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A clump of moss; a glacier mouse.
polsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polster
medial moraine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medial moraines
Senses: examples: text: Piles of rock debris in the background represent nearby medial moraine.
ref: 1972, Calvin J. Heusser, “Polsters of the moss Drepanocladus berggrenii on Gilkey Glacier, Alaska”, in Torreya, volume 99, number 1, pages 34–36:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A moraine formed where lateral moraines of two glaciers meet.
cryosere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + sere.
Senses: examples: text: Colonization of mosses on glaciers, although unusual, is considered the earliest stage in a cryosere which regionally terminates in the development of hemlock forest.
ref: 1972, Calvin J. Heusser, “Polsters of the moss Drepanocladus berggrenii on Gilkey Glacier, Alaska”, in Torreya, volume 99, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 34–36:
text: These colonies of mosses invading the glacier surface appear to represent the earliest stages of a lithosere or, more precisely, a cryosere.
ref: 2014, James H. Dickson, Robert E. Johnson, “Mosses and the beginning of plant succession on the Walker Glacier, southeastern Alaska”, in Lindbergia, volume 37, number 2, →DOI, pages 60–65:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sere originating when moss colonizes ice.
Coordinate terms: lithosere
exercise price
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exercise prices
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Synonym of strike price: the price at which an option can be exercised.
synonyms: word: strike price
extra: the price at which an option can be exercised
exercise prices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exercise price
microdactyly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Unusual shortness of the fingers and/or toes
glacier mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glacier mice
Etymology: Calque of Icelandic jökla-mýs. Coined by geologist Jón Eythórsson in 1950. The Icelandic term appears only in plural form.
Senses: examples: text: I call these mossy balls Jökla-mýs, literally "glacier mice," and you will have noted, Sir, that rolling stones can gather moss.
ref: 1950, Jón Eythórsson, “Jökla-mýs”, in Journal of Glaciology, volume 1, number 9, →DOI, page 503:
text: Such glacier mice are more or less spheroidal mosses which lie unattached on the ice surface.
ref: 2014, James H. Dickson, Robert E. Johnson, “Mosses and the beginning of plant succession on the Walker Glacier, southeastern Alaska”, in Lindbergia, volume 37, number 2, →DOI, pages 60–65:
text: Glacier mice can be composed of different moss species.
ref: 2020 May 22, Nell Greenfieldboyce, “Herd Of Fuzzy Green 'Glacier Mice' Baffles Scientists”, in NPR:
glosses: A ball of moss, often surrounding a rock, that moves across a glacier.
glacier mice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glacier mouse
Thorncliffe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0158).
glosses: A hamlet near Kirkburton, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, also spelt Thorncliff (OS grid ref SE2113).
glosses: A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Related terms: Thorncliff
wild olive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wild olives
Senses: glosses: Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Bontia daphnoides (family Scrophulariaceae; bastard olive)
glosses: Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Several species in the genus Elaeagnus (family Elaeagnaceae)
Elaeagnus angustifolia (silver berry, oleaster, Persian olive)
glosses: Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Several species in the genus Elaeagnus (family Elaeagnaceae)
Elaeagnus latifolia (oleaster)
glosses: Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Halesia carolina (family Styracaceae; Carolina silverbell, little silverbell)
glosses: Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Nyssa aquatica, an American swamp-growing tree (family Cornaceae; water tupelo)
glosses: Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Subspecies of Olea europea, which includes the cultivated olive (family Oleaceae)
Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata
glosses: Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Subspecies of Olea europea, which includes the cultivated olive (family Oleaceae)
Olea europaea subsp. europaea (syn. Olea oleaster)
glosses: Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
Cartrema americana (syn. Osmanthus americanus; devilwood, American olive; family Elaeagnaceae)
Thorncliff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Thorncliffe, West Yorkshire.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A neighbourhood in the city of North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Related terms: Thorncliffe
Kirkburton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1912).
mididress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mididresses
Etymology: From midi- + dress.
Senses: glosses: A dress whose skirt reaches to just below the knee
change of scenery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: changes of scenery
Senses: examples: text: I've been stuck in this house for too long. I could use a change of scenery. Maybe I'll go to the beach.
synonyms: change of scene
change of air
change of pace
glosses: A movement from one location to another.
take pains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes pains
form: taking pains
form: took pains
form: taken pains
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: take the trouble, make an effort
text: Some G.O.P. lawmakers have made clear they do not agree with Mr. Trump’s approach, but most have done so taking pains not to criticize the president.
ref: 2025 February 19, Robert Jimison, “As Trump Turns Against Ukraine, Republicans in Congress Stay Quiet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: go to pains
at pains
go to great lengths
glosses: To use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience.
Derived terms: painstaking
change of scene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: changes of scene
Senses: glosses: Synonym of change of scenery.
synonyms: word: change of scenery
myeloplegia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myelo- + -plegia.
Senses: glosses: spinal paralysis
myelosclerosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myelo- + sclerosis.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of myelofibrosis.
synonyms: word: myelofibrosis
myelotransfusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myelotransfusions
Etymology: From myelo- + transfusion.
Senses: glosses: bone marrow transfusion
Abbots Ripton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2378).
skewest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of skew: most skew
downstab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downstabs
Etymology: From down- + stab.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: An instance of stabbing downward.
downstabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of downstab
knock-back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knock-backs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of knockback.
knock-backs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knock-back
mini-boss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini-bosses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of miniboss.
mini-bosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mini-boss
new game +
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of new game plus.
newgame+
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of new game plus.
sub-optimality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sub-optimalities
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of suboptimality.
sub-optimalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sub-optimality
Wrangaton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Ugborough parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6758).
vaultable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vaultable
form: most vaultable
Etymology: From vault + -able.
Senses: examples: text: I had selected the Cambridge Cemetery in particular because it had open gates, vaultable fences and rolling hills.
ref: 2016, Talib S. Hussain, L. J. Cohen, Pen-Ultimate II: A Speculative Fiction Anthology:
glosses: Able to be vaulted or leaped over.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Able to be stored in a vault.
Derived terms: unvaultable
unvaultable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + vaultable.
Senses: glosses: Unable to be leaped or vaulted over.
Bittaford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Ugborough parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6657).
WIPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WIP
Wonns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wonn
Ugborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6755).
Cornwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6059).
South Brent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6960).
sannie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sannies
Senses: glosses: Diminutive of sandshoe.
Abermule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Abermule with Llandyssil community, Powys, Wales, originally in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO1694).
jam doughnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jam doughnuts
Etymology: From jam + doughnut.
Senses: glosses: A doughnut filled with jam and usually topped with sugar.
Synonyms: sense: in various dialects
word: jelly doughnut
word: Berliner
word: bismarck
word: Burlington bun
word: jambuster
Cullingworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish with a village council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0636).
coffin tack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffin tacks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coffin nail (“a cigarette”).
synonyms: word: coffin nail
extra: a cigarette
coffin tacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffin tack
outplacee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outplacees
Etymology: From outplace + -ee.
Senses: glosses: An employee who is outplaced.
outplacees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outplacee
Callander
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Callanders
form: Callender
Senses: glosses: A small town in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN6307).
glosses: A municipality in central Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A habitational surname.
subjective synonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subjective synonyms
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
zoology
glosses: A synonym in which the names that are being synonymized have different types, based to some extent on the opinion of the writer.
antimeme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimemes
form: anti-meme
Etymology: From anti- + meme. In the sense of "an image macro which intentionally subverts one's expectations", first recorded in 2009 and now chiefly associated with the r/antimeme subreddit, created February 8, 2012.
Senses: examples: text: I know it's every citizen's civic duty to keep his antimeme vaccinations up to date. But some perverse streak inside me (possibly, now that I think about it, an anti-antimeme meme) made me keep postponing my appointment until it was just too late.
ref: 1998, Christine Beckert, David Bischoff, Carroll Brown, et al., The Best of Pirate Writings: Tales of Fantasy, Mystery & Science Fiction, Padwolf Pub Incorporated, →ISBN:
text: As an antimeme to both Christianity and these secular dominant ideologies, humanism in the West was, by the middle of the century able to gain dominance in what had become, effectively, a vacant niche.
ref: 2003, David Hurst, On Westernism: An Ideology's Bid for World Dominion:
text: Notable as well are periodic claims that memetics will make the world a better place, by creating an antimeme meme which will teach us to defend ourselves against the ravages of the selfish memes, ...
ref: 2004, William F. Harms, Information and Meaning in Evolutionary Processes, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 65:
text: We have to start spreading antimemes.” “Fight fire with fire?” she said.
ref: 2010, Michael Flynn, In the Country of the Blind, Macmillan, →ISBN:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A meme deployed to nullify or protect against another meme.
examples: text: SCP-055 is a "self-keeping secret" or "anti-meme". Information about SCP-055's physical appearance as well as its nature, behavior, and origins is self-classifying.
ref: 2008, Sam "qntm" Hughes, “SCP-055 - [unknown]”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division:
text: An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.
ref: 2018, Sam "qntm" Hughes, There Is No Antimemetics Division:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A unit of information that prevents itself from being spread, often by erasing itself from any mind that it enters.
examples: text: my favorite parts of these viral memes are the antimemes that appear after we all get sick of them lol
ref: 2018 March 18, @rocknraymond, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2023:
glosses: An image macro which intentionally subverts one's expectations by not including a joke; a meme antijoke.
Derived terms: antimemetic
antimemetics
subjective synonyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subjective synonym
objective synonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: objective synonyms
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
zoology
glosses: A synonym that shares the same type with the another name.
Related terms: homotypic
objective synonyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of objective synonym
super outbreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super outbreaks
Etymology: From super + outbreak (“tornado outbreak”). Coined by Dr. Tetsuya Theordore "Ted" Fujita in 1974, after a then-recent outbreak of tornadoes that was the largest known to have occurred.
Senses: examples: text: Cycloidal ground marks were replete in the super-outbreak. Figure 3.35 illustrates the small cycloidal swaths of the Anchor, Illinois, tornado and the giant cycloidal swaths of the Homer Lake, Indiana, tornado.
ref: 1983, Robert F. Abbey Jr., T. Theodore Fujita, “Tornadoes: The Tornado Outbreak of 3-4 April 1974”, in Edwin Kessler, editor, The Thunderstorm in Human Affairs, page 62:
text: The tornado Super Outbreak of 2011 was the largest in US history. From April 26 to April 28, more than 300 tornadoes spun across the eastern United States.
ref: 2012, Kristen Rajczak, Terrifying Tornadoes, page 22:
text: In the following months, careful analysis of all the damage led Dr. Fujita and other experts to determine that the Xenia tornado was in fact the worst of all the 148 Super Outbreak tornadoes.
ref: 2024 November 11 (last accessed), “The Super Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974”, in [US] National Weather Service, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2024:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A large tornado outbreak involving more than 50 tornadoes within a 24-hour period.
wikipedia: en:Ted Fujita
tornado outbreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tornado outbreaks
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A collection of tornadoes generated by the same weather system, at around the same or in a short or continuous period of time.
Hyponyms: super outbreak
Derived terms: super outbreak
OoT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Ocarina of Time.
house lizards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house lizard
true crime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: true crimes
Senses: glosses: A nonfiction literary and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people.
glosses: A particular work of this genre.
examples: text: It's never a true crime unless it's committed with style.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see true, crime.
true crimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of true crime
golden agers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden ager
youthemism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: youthemisms
Etymology: Blend of youth + euphemism
Senses: examples: text: We should seek to convert the American from the search for cosmetic "youthemisms" for growing old such as "Golden Agers" to acceptance of old age's vicissitudes, inevitability, and pleasures. The union program for the laborer begins with the ...
ref: 1960, Ruth Margaret White, Library Service to an Aging Population: An Institute:
text: FRIG: A “youthemism” to be used only when little old ladies are present. Considered a little ...
ref: 2000, Marv Rubinstein, Net-wit.com: A Smorgasbord of E-mail and Internet Wit Blended with Humorous Incidents from the Author's Wild and Wooly Life, Schreiber Pub, →ISBN, page 219:
glosses: A euphemism that is used to appeal to older individuals, to make them feel younger.
Related terms: youthism
elderly
senior
silver
youthemisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of youthemism
Goldwaterism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Goldwater + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Yet so many of the neoconservatives who had preached against Goldwaterism when Goldwater was its champion embraced the Goldwaterism of Ronald Reagan.
ref: 1991, E.J. Dionne, Why Americans Hate Politics: Death of the Democratic Process:
text: “We must decide how to use these machines most effectively,” a letter sent to residents noted, “Goldwaterism must be defeated” (Independent Citizens, 17 October 1964).
ref: 2011, Steven Gregory, Black Corona: Race and the Politics of Place in an Urban Community, page 72:
text: It spoke of the "ill-advised attempts" to substitute Goldwaterism for Republicanism and presented an apocalyptic vision of the senator's positions.
ref: 2015, Lee Edwards, Goldwater: The Man Who Made a Revolution:
glosses: A political stance associated with the more extreme right-wing positions of Barry Goldwater.
Related terms: Goldwater Republican
Goldwaterian
neoconservatism
cheatlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cheatlike
form: most cheatlike
Etymology: From cheat + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cheat.
galleyworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galleyworms
Etymology: From the way this creature resembles a worm with many legs, and the way the legs resemble the oars of a ship.
Senses: examples: text: The larvae are elongated and in many cases much like the more flattened millipedes or galleyworms in appearance.
ref: 1936, Rennie Wilbur Doane, Edwin Cooper Van Dyke, Willard Joseph Chamberlin, Forest Insects, page 212:
text: that evil idiot, who walked slowly dragging himself along like a galleyworm.
ref: 1972, René Maran, Batouala: A True Black Novel, page 64:
text: Once I managed to combine something in which I had included also roach pulp and galleyworm legs.
ref: 1996, Graziella Parati, Public History, Private Stories: Italian Women's Autobiography, page 85:
glosses: A centipede or millipede.
galleyworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galleyworm
CRISPRing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of CRISPR
CRISPRed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of CRISPR
undervolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undervolts
Etymology: From under- + volt.
Senses: examples: text: For all she knew, there would be an EMP or a power outage or an undervolt, and she'd lose everything she'd just done.
ref: 2011, Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill, Conspiracies:
text: The spacecraft radio was transmitting with the high-gain antenna—a sort of stick with reflectors that had to be aimed as precisely as a rifle—and it crossed Kranz's mind that since the antenna ran on power from Main Bus B, the undervolt might somehow have caused the change; if that was so, then the funny should correct itself now that the undervolt had.
ref: 2013, Henry S. F. Cooper, Thirteen: The Apollo Flight That Failed:
text: “Ah, Houston, we've had a problem,” repeated Lovell. “We've had a main B bus undervolt.”
ref: 2015, Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Apollo 13 (Totally True Adventures):
glosses: A significant drop in voltage.
undervolt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undervolts
form: undervolting
form: undervolted
form: undervolted
Etymology: From under- + volt.
Senses: examples: text: A voltage curve which slopes, having a 33%-50% difference between the commencing and final values, makes the source of power from which it emanates unsuitable for some purposes owing to the necessity for either constant adjustment of the circuit values or overvolting the circuit to start with, with undervolting towards the end of the cell's life.
ref: 1927, International Railway Congress Association, Monthly Bulletin - Volume 9, page 777:
text: If the lamp is undervolted the burning rate of the carbons will decrease and they will tend to feed together, but as they approach each other the arc is shortened and the arc voltage drops.
ref: 1947, Society of Motion Picture Engineers, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers:
text: Based on our previous tests with hydrogen, we will not be able to undervolt the switch enough to achieve 10 kHz.
ref: 1991, Technical Digest:
text: The "-gpu-vddc 1.087" switch tells cgminer to attempt to undervolt all GPUs to 1087 mV, but whether or not it actually works depends on your card's BIOS and driver.
ref: 2013, John Stevenson, Getting started with Litecoins (after Bitcoin), page 59:
glosses: To reduce the voltage of (a component) below the normal level.
undervolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undervolt
undervolts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undervolt
undervolting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undervolt
Japanese cherry birch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese cherry birches
Senses: glosses: A birch native to Japan, Betula grossa, with lenticels on its papery bark like those of cherry trees.
Japanese cherry birches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Japanese cherry birch
common whitebeam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common whitebeams
Senses: glosses: The most common and widespread species of whitebeam in Europe and western Asia (Aria edulis, syn. Sorbus aria).
common whitebeams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common whitebeam
common holly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common hollies
Senses: glosses: English holly, the most common European species of holly (Ilex aquifolium), which is native to western Europe and regions around the Mediterranean.
common hollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common holly
spectacled caiman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spectacled caimans
Senses: glosses: A crocodilian native to the warmer parts of Latin America, Caiman crocodilus, which, despite the specific epithet, is more closely related to alligators than crocodiles.
spectacled caimans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spectacled caiman
dyer's madder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyer's madders
Senses: glosses: Synonym of madder (“Rubia tinctorum”).
synonyms: word: madder
extra: Rubia tinctorum
dyer's madders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyer's madder
Christmas holly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmas hollies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of English holly.
synonyms: word: English holly
Christmas hollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas holly
Bosnian pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bosnian pines
Senses: synonyms: Heldreich's pine
glosses: A pine native to mountains in the Balkans and southern Italy, Pinus heldreichii.
Bosnian pines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bosnian pine
European larch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European larches
Senses: glosses: A deciduous conifer native to central Europe but also cultivated in England and elsewhere, Larix decidua.
European larches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of European larch
camphor tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camphor trees
Senses: synonyms: camphor laurel
glosses: An aromatic, glossy-leaved evergreen tree native to eastern Asia (Cinnamomum camphora, Camphora officinarum) grown as a shade tree as well as for timber and camphor.
synonyms: Borneo camphor
Malay camphor
Sumatran camphor
glosses: The tree Dryobalanops aromatica.
camphor trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camphor tree
scarlet macaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarlet macaws
Senses: synonyms: aracanga
araracanga
glosses: A large, colorful parrot, Ara macao, native to the Amazon rainforest and parts of Central America.
scarlet macaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarlet macaw
tanner's sumac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tanner's sumacs
Senses: glosses: A large Mediterranean shrub, Rhus coriaria, formerly used for tanning hides due to the tannins in its bark, and with acidic fruits used as a tart seasoning in Middle Eastern food.
tanner's sumacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tanner's sumac
Asiatic pennywort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asiatic pennyworts
Senses: synonyms: gotu kola
Indian pennywort
spadeleaf
glosses: A low-growing South Asian herb in the celery family, of species Centella asiatica, eaten as a green for flavor and used in traditional medicine.
Asiatic pennyworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Asiatic pennywort
myocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myoceles
Senses: glosses: A muscular hernia
myodystrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myo- + dystrophic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to myodystrophy
Mediterranean medlar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mediterranean medlars
Senses: glosses: A Mediterranean hawthorn with edible fruit, Crataegus azarolus, azarole.
Mediterranean medlars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mediterranean medlar
Tecoantepeque
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Tehuantepec.
Lunan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6851).
Derived terms: Lunan Bay
Lunan Water
Lunan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lunans
Etymology: Variant of Loonan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Lunan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lunans
Etymology: From Luna + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Relations between Terra and Luna had been strained since the Lunans had eaten Neil Armstrong in 1960.
ref: 2012, A. Lee Martinez, Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain:
text: Despite the war games, the Jovans considered themselves invincible, and the Lunans were their only worthy opponent in the solar system. Having their own ships blown up in orbit by unknown forces, the Lunans were no longer transgressors.
ref: 2014, William Tedford, Battlefields of Silence:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).
synonyms: word: Lunarian
extra: inhabitant of the Moon
Tapanatepec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tapanatepeque
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Tapanatepec, from a Nahuan language.
Senses: examples: text: Now from Ecatepeque wee could diſcover the high mountaines of Quelenes, which were ſubject of moſt of our diſcourſe to Sanatepeque, and from thence to Tapanatepeque.
ref: 1648, Thomas Gage, The English-American his Travail by Sea and Land: Or, a New Survey of the West-India’s, London: R. Cotes, page 89:
synonyms: San Pedro Tapanatepec
glosses: A town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
synonyms: San Pedro Tapanatepec
glosses: A municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Lunan Water
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Angus council area, Scotland, which flows into Lunan Bay at Lunan.
Zanatepec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sanatepeque
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Zanatepec, from a Nahuan language, equivalent to Classical Nahuatl *Tzanatepēc (literally “grackle mountain”).
Senses: examples: text: In Sanatepeque wee met with a Frier who gave us ſtately entertainment, and from thence gave us Indians to guide us to Tapanatepeque
ref: 1648, Thomas Gage, The English-American his Travail by Sea and Land: Or, a New Survey of the West-India’s, London: R. Cotes, page 90:
synonyms: Santo Domingo Zanatepec
glosses: A town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
synonyms: Santo Domingo Zanatepec
glosses: A municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.
change of air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: changes of air
Senses: glosses: Synonym of change of scenery.
synonyms: word: change of scenery
Related terms: breath of fresh air
juego de cañas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juego de cannas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish juego de cañas (literally “game of canes”).
Senses: examples: text: After our breakfaſt, the Indian ſhewed us a little ſport in the Market place, running races on horſe-back, and playing at Iuego de Canna’s^([sic]), which is to meet on horſeback, with broad Targets to defend their heads and ſhoulders while paſſing by they hurley Canes,or darts one at another, which thoſe Indians acted with great dexterity.
ref: 1648, Thomas Gage, The English-American his Travail by Sea and Land: Or, a New Survey of the West-India’s, London: R. Cotes, page 96:
text: the juego de cañas was above all an aesthetic performance featuring elaborate meaneuvers on horseback and involving little actual violence
ref: 2012, Teofilo F. Ruiz, A King Travels: Festive Traditions in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain, Princeton University Press, page 213:
glosses: A Spanish and Latin American game in which participants on horseback attempt to hit one another with canes.
Copanaguastla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Copanabastla
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Copanaguastla, from a Nahuan language.
Senses: examples: text: The head Towne where the Priory ſtands, is called Copanabaſtla, conſiſting of above eight hundred Indian inhabitants.
ref: 1648, Thomas Gage, The English-American his Travail by Sea and Land: Or, a New Survey of the West-India’s, London: R. Cotes, page 98:
glosses: A village in Chiapas, Mexico.
Escuintenango
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Izquintenango
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Escuintenango, from a Nahuan language; literally "dog city" (cf. Classical Nahuatl itzcuintli (“dog”)).
Senses: examples: text: After the week was ended my French friend the Prior conducted mee to Izquintenango, to ſee mee well furniſhed up the Mountaines of Cuchumatlanes. This Towne (as I have formerly obſerved) ſtandeth almoſt at the end of the Valley of Copanabaſtla, and within two leagues of the Cuchumatlanes.
ref: 1648, Thomas Gage, The English-American his Travail by Sea and Land: Or, a New Survey of the West-India’s, London: R. Cotes, page 111:
glosses: A former town in Chiapas, Mexico.
orange jessamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orange jessamines
Senses: glosses: A south Asian shrub or small tree related to citrus, Murraya paniculata, grown for its evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers.
glosses: Cestrum aurantiacum, a plant in the family Solanaceae.
orange jessamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orange jessamine
myorrhexis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myo- + -rrhexis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The laceration or tearing of a muscle.
missionology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of missiology.
missorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: missoriums
Senses: glosses: A decorated plate, which in late Roman and Byzantine times was donated on the occasion of solemn anniversaries to dignitaries
mysteriosophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to mysteriosophy
Lunan Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A bay in Angus council area, on the east coast of Scotland.
Inverkeilor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6649).
Usan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet south of Montrose, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO7254).
Usan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 우산(于山) (Usan).
Senses: glosses: A historical kingdom of Korea, on Ulleungdo in the Sea of Japan; subjugated by Goryeo in 930 A.D..
gazoz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡɑːˈzoʊz/
/ɡə-/
Etymology: From Hebrew גזוז.
Senses: glosses: An Israeli soft drink made from fruit concentrate and soda water.
glosses: A Turkish soft drink.
IIIT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IIITs
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of International Institutes of Information Technology, one of a group of nationally recognized autonomous engineering institutes of India.
Derived terms: IIITian
cosom hockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of floor hockey (itself a variant of ice hockey), played with light plastic pucks on a flooring playing surface.
glosses: A form of floor hockey and ball hockey (itself a variant of ice hockey).
glosses: floor hockey
IIITs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IIIT
IIITian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IIITians
Etymology: From IIIT + -ian.
Senses: glosses: An alumnus of one of the 5 International Institutes of Information Technology.
IIITians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IIITian
stiffhearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stiffhearted
form: most stiffhearted
Senses: examples: text: For they are impudent children and stiffhearted
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 2:4:
glosses: Alternative form of stiff-hearted.
spined loach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spined loaches
Senses: glosses: A small freshwater fish (Cobitis taenia), found in most of northern temperate Europe.
Synonyms: sense: Cobitis taenia
word: spotted weather loach
sneakery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sneak + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: But time would fail to trace, in individual cases, the sneakery of History.
ref: 1859, The Yale Literary Magazine - Volume 25 - Page 15:
text: You fight fire with fire you know and so it is in this case fighting sneakery with sneakery.
ref: 1935, Lawhead, Mary, Shephard, Flola L., John Rood, Manuscript, The Lawhead Press:
text: We sneak into town using Dwarfish sneakery so no one sees us.
ref: 2013, Robert P. Wills, Nikki Taylor, Tales From A Second Hand Wand Shoppe:
glosses: Stealth; the practice of sneaking
sneakery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sneakery
form: most sneakery
Etymology: From sneak + -ery (adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Old-people jokes are sin, and tying cats' tails, and unsetting the hens, and all kind of sneakery things — " The little girl hesitated a moment, and then she added : " It seems to me, mama, that a great many sins come into people's heads and try to get committed.
ref: 1901, St. Nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls:
text: Vy she snoop and peer all the time after those poor sneakery Lanchester girls?
ref: 1946, Richard Burke, The Frightened Pigeon - Volume 299, page 83:
text: He could not break her surface to verify anything, and he found himself wishing some mild violence on her, a nick of the jig in her perfect calf, a sneakery slip, a bruised shin. Something to break the surface, just ding it a little.
ref: 2004, Richard Henry, Rick Henry, Anthony O. Tyler, The Blueline Anthology, page 231:
glosses: Sneaky.