cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
chooses violence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of choose violence
choosing violence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of choose violence
chose violence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of choose violence
chosen violence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of choose violence
chronomancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɒn.əˌmæn.sə/
ipa: /ˈkɹɑn.əˌmæn.sɚ/
Forms: form: chronomancers
Etymology: From chrono- + -mancer.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:chronomancer.
topics: fantasy
synonyms: horomancer
glosses: One who specializes in magic involving time, for example manipulating time or divining the future.
chronomancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronomancer
quark matter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astrophysics
glosses: A hypothetical phase of matter made up of quarks that are so tightly packed (due to high surrounding pressure) that they do not chunk into baryons.
Hyponyms: strange matter
strange quark matter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of strange matter.
earth-born
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of earthborn.
Støren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Midtre Gauldal municipality, Trøndelag county, Norway.
manky mallard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manky mallards
Etymology: Said to have been coined by British birder Charlie Moores.
Senses: glosses: A mallard bred from wild mallards and domestic ducks, with variable and uneven plumage patterns.
clyack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Scots clyack, which is in turn from Scottish Gaelic caileag.
Senses: examples: text: get clyack
translation: finish the harvest
english: finish the harvest
text: The “clyack” sheaf was cut by the maidens on the harvest field. On no account was it allowed to touch the ground.
ref: 1881, Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-lore of the North-east of Scotland, page 181:
text: Mr. Duff, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, tells me that in his part of Aberdeenshire there is a competition as to who shall have the last sheaf (the clyack sheaf) like that at Balquhidder, but with this difference, that the last corn left standing and hidden is cut by the reaper himself, not, as at Balquhidder, by the girl who followed binding.
ref: 1888, J.G. Frazer, “Folk-lore at Balquhidder”, in The Folk-lore Journal, page 270:
text: There are still a good many stooks about the hill sides, and Ardiecow managed to get clyack tonight.
ref: 2008 [c. 1892], James Wilson, edited by Peter Hills, Journal of My Life and Everyday Doings 1879-81, 1885-92, Volume 18 of Scottish History Society (series), page 188:
glosses: Completion of the harvest season, harvesting the last sheaf of grain.
Related terms: stook
infinitly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more infinitly
form: most infinitly
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of infinitely.
toilsom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toilsom
form: most toilsom
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of toilsome.
sexability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Sexual nature.
glosses: Sexual attractiveness.
Kleenices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: As though Kleenex were pluralized in the manner of Latin third declension nouns. By surface analysis, Kleenex + -i- + -ces.
Senses: examples: text: Meet Exact Esther, who bought a box of Kleenices.
ref: 1933 October 7, “The Pilot House”, in Virginian-Pilot and the Norfolk Landmark, volume CXXXI, number 7, Norfolk, Va.: Norfolk Newspapers, →OCLC, page 4, column 4:
text: There are a few little air leaks—like behind the refrigerator but I’ve plugged them with Kleenices.
ref: 1960, John Steinbeck, “To Elaine Steinbeck”, in Elaine A[nderson] Steinbeck, Robert Wallsten, editors, Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, published 1975, →ISBN, page 689:
text: Gang, have you retreived^([sic]) your crib sheets, notes index cards, gum wrappers, and Kleenices from the perimeter of the testing area? Last we heard, they were creating a fire hazard.
ref: 1962 February 2, “Cross Campus”, in Dave Young, editor, The Juniatian, volume XXXVIII, number 14, Huntingdon, Pa.: Juniata College, page 2:
text: ‘Love Story’ stimulated the economy by boosting the sales of Kleenices, a great example of private enterprise Keynesianism.
ref: 1980 October 10, Dennis Pryor, “Sunk by silly scripts”, in The Age, Melbourne, Vic., page 10:
text: Accompanying the tumbleweed in its trips are the beautiful and multi-colored specimens of Kleenex americanus donated copiously to the freeway viewscapes by generous passing motorists. The tumbleweed is a gracious gift from the Russians, having been imported as a favored ornamental from the steppes of central Asia. The Kleenices, however, are native American in origin.
ref: 1991 October 10, Jackson Granholm, “In praise of the tumbleweed”, in News Chronicle, Thousand Oaks, Calif., page B-7, column 3:
text: “Stop, I’m crying,” she said. “Wait a minute till I find some Kleenices … I know I had some, a new packet.”
ref: 2003, Norman Rush, Mortals, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 253:
text: And is ROLODEXES the correct plural? Should it be “Rolodices”, like vertex/vertices? As for me, I still use a Rolodex. In fact I have one on my desktop – right next to a couple of boxes of Kleenices.
ref: 2017 May 8, Deb Amlen, quoting Peter A. Collins, “Filled With Tiny Bubbles”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 May 2017:
glosses: plural of Kleenex
jungle raj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jungle rajs
Etymology: Literally, “Rule of a forest.”
Senses: glosses: A corrupt or incompetent rule.
vine scrub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vine scrubs
Senses: glosses: A rainforest, especially one that is seasonally dry.
vine scrubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vine scrub
LPIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LPI
pedestrian recall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The practice of activating a pedestrian walking signal every cycle at an intersection, as opposed to only activating it after a button has been pressed.
wrong sides of the tracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrong side of the tracks
auctioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auctioner
pseudotolerant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudotolerant
form: most pseudotolerant
Etymology: From pseudo- + tolerant.
Senses: glosses: Apparently but not actually tolerant; faking a tolerant attitude.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Requiring an increased dose of a drug for reasons other than one's body having come to tolerate the existing dose.
iodobehenic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This acid, when treated with phosphorus triiodide, gave iodobehenic acid, which yielded behenic acid on reduction with zinc and hydrochloric acid.
ref: 1889, Journal of the Chemical Society, volume 56, Great Britain: Chemical Society, page 1146:
text: Iodobehenic acid, prepared by the direct addition of hydrogen iodide to erucic acid, was gradually added to a solution of an equal weight of caustic potash in 2 parts of 95 per cent. alcohol heated on the water-bath.
ref: 1893, Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London, page 549:
text: saiodine […] Trade name of a calcium salt of iodobehenic acid […]
ref: 1920, Thomas Stedman, Stedman's Medical Dictionary, page 884:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An iodide, C₂₂H₄₂O₂I, formed by reducing erucic acid by the addition of hydrogen iodide
Derived terms: iodobehenate
entrance reducer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entrance reducers
Senses: glosses: A partial barrier affixed to the entrance of a beehive, used to control ventilation and temperature and to exclude predators.
entrance reducers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entrance reducer
Sperner family
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sperner families
Etymology: Named after Emanuel Sperner.
Senses: topics: combinatorics
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: clutter
Sperner system
glosses: A family F of subsets of a finite set E in which none of the sets contains another; or, equivalently, an antichain in the inclusion lattice over the power set of E.
wikipedia: Emanuel Sperner
Sperner families
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sperner family
Sperner system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sperner systems
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sperner family.
synonyms: word: Sperner family
Sperner systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sperner system
Montrose doublet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Montrose doublets
Senses: glosses: A double-breasted evening jacket with high collar, symmetrical buttons, and epaulettes, part of traditional Highland dress.
Montrose doublets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Montrose doublet
Peirce arrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peirce arrows
Etymology: Named after Charles Sanders Peirce.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: Quine dagger
coordinate_terms: Sheffer stroke
glosses: The downward arrow symbol ↓ denoting the NOR operation.
wikipedia: Charles Sanders Peirce
Peirce arrows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Peirce arrow
Quine dagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Quine daggers
Etymology: Named after Willard Van Orman Quine.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Peirce arrow.
synonyms: word: Peirce arrow
wikipedia: Willard Van Orman Quine
Quine daggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Quine dagger
language organ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: language organs
Senses: qualifier: Chomskyan linguistics
glosses: The innate human mental capacity to learn language.
duomining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From duo- + mining. Coined by American philosopher Graham Harman.
Senses: examples: text: OOO's way of addressing the issue is with the impossibility of exhausting any object through undermining, overmining, or their simultaneous employment in duomining.
ref: 2020, Graham Harman, Skirmishes: With Friends, Enemies, and Neutrals, page 212:
text: We can even go further: when we consider an object in everyday life we do not usually just undermine or overmine it as if it demanded an either/or approach, but rather we run the two processes in tandem: duomining, as Harman labels it.
ref: 2022, Nicholas Gayle, Conrad and the Being of the World, page 25:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The combination of undermining and overmining, in object-oriented ontology.
hook flash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hook flashes
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
synonyms: flash
glosses: A signal that briefly disconnects the local loop circuit by means of the hookswitch or a dedicated button, used to control functions on the public telephone exchange.
hook flashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hook flash
hooktails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hooktail
nondiscriminatorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Without discrimination.
undiscriminatorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Without discrimination.
metaquestion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaquestions
Etymology: From meta- + question.
Senses: examples: text: "Why do human beings ask so many questions?" is a metaquestion.
glosses: A question about questions.
metaquestions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaquestion
production externalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of production externality
NSV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NSVs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of no-scalpel vasectomy.
NSVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NSV
superpanner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superpanners
Etymology: From super- + panner.
Senses: examples: text: He also continued active participation in his technical field, and the superpanners and infrasizers which he developed found their way into many ore-dressing laboratories throughout the world.
ref: 1973, Robin S. Harris, Ian Montagnes, Cold Iron and Lady Godiva:
text: […] Gravity separation by jigging, by using shaking tables, or superpanners; […]
ref: 2012, A. E. Annels, Mineral Deposit Evaluation: A practical approach, page 80:
text: The safest solution consists in concentrating these metals by means of shaking tables, superpanners, or small gravity spinning concentrators, then melting the whole of the concentrate to determine the gold content.
ref: 2019, Francis F. Pitard, Theory of Sampling and Sampling Practice, Third Edition (page 490)
glosses: A device for separating ores by gravity.
superpanners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superpanner
Jackson derivative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jackson derivatives
Etymology: Introduced by Frank Hilton Jackson.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: q-derivative
glosses: A q-analog of the ordinary derivative.
wikipedia: Frank Hilton Jackson
Jackson derivatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jackson derivative
q-derivative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: q-derivatives
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Jackson derivative.
synonyms: word: Jackson derivative
q-derivatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of q-derivative
raven's bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raven's bones
Senses: glosses: A certain gristly portion of brisket, traditionally fed to ravens.
softline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: softlines
Etymology: From soft + line.
Senses: topics: business
commerce
retail
coordinate_terms: hardline
glosses: A line of goods that are consumed after a single use, or have a limited lifespan: e.g. clothing, toiletries, stationery.
softlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of softline
Dember
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dembers
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Dember effect
Dember field
photo-Dember effect
photo-Dember effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photo-Dember effects
Etymology: Discovered by Harry Dember (1882–1943).
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The formation of a charge dipole in the vicinity of a semiconductor surface after ultrafast photogeneration of charge carriers.
Related terms: Dember effect
photo-Dember effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photo-Dember effect
positive definite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of positive-definite.
tree kernel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree kernels
Senses: qualifier: machine learning
glosses: A tree data structure based on the more general concept of the positive-definite kernel, used in the parsing and classification of sentences.
tree kernels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree kernel
concordanced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of concordance
perfectings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfecting
arrow paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrow paradoxes
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of Zeno's paradoxes, dealing with the apparent impossibility of an arrow flying through space: if everything when it occupies an equal space is at rest at that instant of time, and if that which is in locomotion is always occupying such a space at any moment, the flying arrow is therefore motionless at that instant of time and at the next instant of time, but if both instants of time are taken as the same instant or continuous instant of time then it is in motion.
Arrow paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arrow paradoxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Arrow's paradox.
Arrow paradoxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arrow paradox
Arrow's paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Arrow paradox
Senses: glosses: The paradox demonstrated by Arrow's theorem, by which no voting system can be perfectly fair in all circumstances.
tie periwigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tie periwig
oatstraw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oat + straw.
Senses: glosses: Straw from the oat plant.
somatrogon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medication for the treatment of growth hormone deficiency.
rozanolixizumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A monoclonal antibody used to treat myasthenia gravis.
don't cry for me, Argentina
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Referring to the song Don't Cry for Me Argentina, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the concept album Evita (1976) and later included in the musical of the same name (1978).
Senses: examples: text: My mother never baked cookies when we were growing up. She didn’t buy them either. Dad was a diabetic and we were supposed to be on diets. But when no one was home, one could always sneak upstairs to Mama Hinda and Papa Harry’s apartment. They weren’t diabetic and they didn’t diet either, so don’t cry for me, Argentina.
ref: 2007 July, Judy Bart Kancigor, Cooking Jewish: 532 Great Recipes from the Rabinowitz Family, New York, NY: Workman Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 458:
glosses: Used to express that the speaker does not need sympathy or compassion.
wikipedia: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Don't Cry for Me Argentina
Evita (album)
Evita (musical)
Tim Rice
glofitamab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A monoclonal antibody used to treat diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
fullying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fully
fullied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fully
Shteyngartian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shteyngartian
form: most Shteyngartian
Etymology: From Shteyngart + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: In a poor man's quesadilla, we learn, in a Shteyngartian detail, "the presence of cheese was literary: you opened one up and instead of adding melted cheese my mother had written the word 'cheese' on the surface of the tortilla."
ref: 2014 February 28, Dwight Garner, “'Quesadillas,' by Juan Pablo Villalobos”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2020:
glosses: Relating or characteristic of the works of Soviet-born American writer Gary Shteyngart.
semantograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈmæn.təˌɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /sɪˈmæn.təˌɡɹæf/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /səˈmæn.təˌɡɹæf/
Forms: form: semantographs
Etymology: From semanto- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semantogram.
Synonyms: semantogram
deep dish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deep dishes
Senses: examples: text: The slick of grease that normally accompanies deep dish is notably absent, even with the sausage pizzas. How'd he do that?
ref: 2018 April 10, Nick Kindelsperger, “Is Chicago's best deep dish hiding in a glorified food court?”, in Chicago Tribune, Chicago, I.L.: Tribune Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2022:
text: When I opened the container on my two Italian beef deep dishes, with hot giardiniera, I noticed the crust on one had started to crack and crumble, as if it had been knocked around in transport.
ref: 2022 October 12, Tim Carman, “Italian beef deep-dish pizza is the Chicago mash-up of our dreams”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2022:
glosses: Ellipsis of deep-dish pizza.
deep dishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deep dish
hypersaccharine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypersaccharine
form: most hypersaccharine
Etymology: From hyper- + saccharine.
Senses: examples: text: It’s some of the best plastic surgery this century. That or demonic possession: Surely age alone is insufficient to explain Rick(y) Schroder’s transformation from hypersaccharine sitcom munchkin to tough-talking adult of no more than average munchkinliness.
ref: 1998 December 14, “Hey Rick, You’re So Fine, You Blow My Mind, Hey Rick”, in New York:
text: The singing is sometimes pure and sometimes processed into exaggeratedly AutoTuned “Alvin and the Chipmunks” automation. On guitars, keyboards, percussion and electronics, the six instrumentalists also veer from moody industrial rock and elegiac synth drones to jittery, hypersaccharine pop.
ref: 2023 July 10, Zachary Woolfe, “Review: Ted Hearne’s Sweet, Sad American Elegy”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Very saccharine; excessively sweet.
middle verb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle verbs
Senses: examples: text: Formation of the middle verbs mentioned above illustrates that derivational processes are used to create specific subclasses of verbs. Middle verbs in English are intransitive verbs, whereas their base verbs are transitive, that is, require a direct object to be present. Middle verb formation is therefore a case of change in syntactic valency.
ref: 2005, Geert Booij, The Grammar of Words: An Introduction to Linguistic Morphology, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 60:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A verb which expresses an action when used transitively and a state when used intransitively.
Related terms: middle voice
middle verbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of middle verb
dangling link
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dangling links
Senses: examples: text: Earlier hypertext arrangements kept a record of every single link in the system to avoid "dangling links" — links pointing to nothing. But creating the Web at scale meant users would have to be able to delete documents without telling every single other user about the deletion, even if that document was being linked to from elsewhere. Berners-Lee "realized that this dangling-link thing may be a problem, but you have to accept it."
ref: 2014 November 12, Alex Fitzpatrick, “4 Things You Might Not Have Known About the World Wide Web's Inventor”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023:
glosses: A URL which does not point to any webpage or file; a dead link.
dangling links
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dangling link
continental crusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of continental crust
copigmentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copigmentation
coproparasites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coproparasite
coprids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coprid
copovidones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copovidone
coproprevalences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coproprevalence
coptodonines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coptodonine
coppises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coppis
continuous tenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of continuous tense
contract curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contract curve
controulments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of controulment
conveyor-broilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conveyor-broiler
coorientations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coorientation
cordifolides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cordifolide
fire fighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire fighter
foreign fighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreign fighter
pseudoreflexive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pseudo-reflexive
Etymology: From pseudo- + reflexive.
Senses: examples: text: Another strategy when the object is not human, used less than in Italian or Spanish but nevertheless not uncommon, is the pseudo-reflexive structure, that is, the use of the active forms of a verb reflexive in appearance in a 'passive' sense (les fleurs se vendent ici le dimanche lit. 'flowers sell themselves . . .' i.e. 'flowers are sold here on Sundays').
ref: 1987, Bernard Comrie, editor, The World's Major Languages, New York, N.Y.; Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, published 1990, →ISBN, page 228:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of a verb: requiring the use of a reflexive construction when no reflexive action is actually taking place.
examples: text: In the next two theorems we will assume E pseudoreflexive. This is not a big restriction since every Banach space over a spherically complete nonarchimedean field is pseudoreflexive.
ref: 2001, José N. Aguayo, Thomas E. Gilsdorf, “Non-Archimedean Vector Measures and Integral Operators”, in A. K. Katsaras, W. H. Schikhof, L. Van Hamme, editors, p-adic Functional Analysis: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference (Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics), New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc., →ISBN, page 8:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Inducing a topological isomorphism between the domain and its image.
Derived terms: pseudoreflexivity
nuclear codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear code
nuclear physicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear physicist
number densities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of number density
northern brown arguses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northern brown argus
southern litter skinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of southern litter skink
sourbreads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sourbread
Muskophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Muskophiles
Etymology: From Musk + -o- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: I know that Twitter remains lively for other communities and users, from niche fan groups to the Muskophiles who bought blue verified checks when the owner began selling them like stars for Sneetches.
ref: 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: Musketeer
antonyms: Muskophobe
glosses: A fan or admirer of Elon Musk (born 1971), American business magnate and investor.
western mastiff bats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of western mastiff bat
western sandpipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of western sandpiper
western sulphurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of western sulphur
scarlet-browed tanagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarlet-browed tanager
white-browed guans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-browed guan
Hobart browns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hobart brown
scarlet rosefinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarlet rosefinch
great white herons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great white heron
white crane styles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white crane style
white hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white hawk
white peaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white peace
white sales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white sale
white sodas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white soda
whitebelly sandperches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whitebelly sandperch
white-glove services
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-glove service
white-headed babblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-headed babbler
white-tailed blue flycatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-tailed blue flycatcher
affinity group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: affinity groups
Senses: examples: text: But in my corner of the app — the fans and critics who gathered to riff on TV and the real-life events that filtered through it — it feels like the end of an era. Even the finale of “Succession,” a big deal among my affinity group of TV junkies and media obsessives, felt like a trickle next to the big tweetwatches of the 2010s.
ref: 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A group of people formed around a shared interest or common goal, to which individuals formally or informally belong.
little black serotines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little black serotine
Louisiana black bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Louisiana black bear
Tasmanian blackwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tasmanian blackwood
Redblacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Redblack
dechlorogreensporones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dechlorogreensporone
green hotels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green hotel
green mambas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green mamba
green nightshades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green nightshade
green passes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green pass
green pit vipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green pit viper
green waxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green wax
fishing room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishing rooms
Senses: glosses: A place on a shore used for drying and storing fish.
green-backed flycatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green-backed flycatcher
greenifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenification
greenizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenization
red greens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red green
green whistles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green whistle
Macaya green twig anoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Macaya green twig anole
fast blue optical transients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fast blue optical transient
full blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of full blue
glass blue-eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glass blue-eye
half blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half blue
grey corkwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grey corkwood
greynaissances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greynaissance
whiptail stingrays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whiptail stingray
whipping posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whipping post
whip spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whip spider
grayhats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grayhat
extended spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extended spider
extension leads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extension lead
false violin spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false violin spider
false summits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false summit
hairy spider orchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairy spider orchid
ironcaps spider orchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ironcaps spider orchid
pumpkin spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pumpkin spider
spider solitaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spider solitaire
spice racks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spice rack
flat-track bullies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat-track bully
intrackabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intrackability
optical trackpads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of optical trackpad
orange-spotted bulbuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orange-spotted bulbul
sooty orange tips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sooty orange tip
wild oranges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wild orange
wild olives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wild olive
wild goats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wild goat
wild asparaguses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wild asparagus
wild almonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wild almond
macrosporanges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrosporange
megazoosporanges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megazoosporange
non-narrative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Without following the words, it would be nearly impossible to have any idea what was going on in this non-narrative but intensely text-focused work.
ref: 2023 July 10, Zachary Woolfe, “Review: Ted Hearne’s Sweet, Sad American Elegy”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of nonnarrative.
blasian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blasians
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Blasian.
death by misadventure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deaths by misadventure
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An accidental death not caused by any violation of law or criminal negligence, but by a risk taken voluntarily.
Ostrów Mazowiecka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ôsʹtro͞of măzŏvyĕtʹskə
ipa: /ˈɔːstɹuːf mazɒvˈjɛtskə/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Ostrów Mazowiecka.
Senses: glosses: A town and urban gmina, the county seat of Ostrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
Whyvillians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Whyvillian
Sokołów Podlaski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Sokołów Podlaski.
Senses: glosses: A town in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
blue economy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue economies
Senses: glosses: The economic aspects of exploiting or managing the coastal and marine environment, especially as pertains to international development and a sustainable development approach to coastal resources.
paidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪˈdi.ə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδιά (paidiá, “childish play, amusement”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Free play, such as make-believe, that lacks the structured rules of formal games.
Derived terms: paideic
Related terms: Paidia
paideia
-pedia
encyclopedia
pedo-
paideic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪˈdiːɪk/
Forms: form: more paideic
form: most paideic
Etymology: From paidia + -ic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Lacking the structured rules of formal games.
Wyszków
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Wyszków.
Senses: glosses: A town and several villages in Poland.
Płońsk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Płońsk.
Senses: glosses: A town in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
Coras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cora
corosolates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corosolate
corticates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corticate
cortisolemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cortisolemia
corynexochids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corynexochid
cosegmentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosegmentation
coselections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coselection
cosensitizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosensitization
coshifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coshift
cosignals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosignal
cosinors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosinor
cosmic calendars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosmic calendar
cosmic singularities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosmic singularity
cosmocides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosmocide
cosmopods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosmopod
costicartilages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of costicartilage
costocervical trunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of costocervical trunk
costoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of costoplasty
costotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of costotomy
costotransversectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of costotransversectomy
cotgraves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cotgrave
cotranslocations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cotranslocation
cotransmissions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cotransmission
cottonwood hibiscuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cottonwood hibiscus
cotyloid cavities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cotyloid cavity
coumarinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coumarinate
wastebasketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wastebasket
wastebasketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wastebasket
hecatontarchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hecatontarchy
cartooneys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cartooney
cleanup man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cleanup men
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A male cleanup hitter.
cleanup men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleanup man
knocks someone's socks off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knock someone's socks off
knocking someone's socks off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knock someone's socks off
knocked someone's socks off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knock someone's socks off
coumarinols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coumarinol
hits someone for six
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hit someone for six
hitting someone for six
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hit someone for six
night-caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night-cap
night-cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night-caps
Senses: examples: text: You skie-ſtaring Cocks combes you: you fat braines, out upon you; you are good for nothing but to ſweat night-caps, and make rug-gownes deare: […]
ref: 1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii, signature K, verso:
text: 1769, Samuel Johnson, cited in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, Volume 1, p. 311,
You remember the gentleman in “The Spectator,” who had a commission of lunacy taken out against him for his extreme singularity, such as never wearing a wig, but a night-cap. Now, Sir, abstractedly, the night-cap was best; but, relatively, the advantage was overbalanced by his making the boys run after him.
text: After a little while the good lady turned out in her petticoat and stays, with a blanket over her shoulders, and a night-cap so beflapped and befrilled as gave the pitiful countenance within it the appearance of being decked out for a funeral.
ref: 1821, The Privateer: A Tale, volume 1, page 20:
text: —Miss Luna, muffling up her head,
Went with the ague, straight to bed,
Put out her lamp, and bade them tell
She could not hear her mistress' bell,
Begg'd them with motherwort to dose her,
And drew her cloudy night-cap closer.—
ref: 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, The Comet of 1825, page 151:
text: Rum Fustian is a "night-cap" made precisely in the same way as the preceding [egg-posset or egg-flip], with the yolks of twelve eggs, a quart of strong home-brewed beer, a bottle of white wine, half-a-pint of gin, a grated nutmeg, the juice from the peel of a lemon, a small quantity of cinnamon, and sugar sufficient to sweeten it.
ref: 1832, William Hone, “January 9”, in The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information, […], London: […] [J. Haddon] for Thomas Tegg, […], →OCLC, column 62:
text: The glitter of gold, or of diamonds, will but hurt sore eyes instead of curing them; and an aching head will be no more eased by wearing a crown, than a common night-cap.
ref: 1833, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “The Genteel Style in Writing”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 111:
text: Thus secured against surprise, he took off his cravat; put on his dressing-gown and slippers, and his night-cap; and sat down before the fire to take his gruel.
ref: 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave I. Marley’s Ghost.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 22–23:
text: if the hearing is affected, Isopathy makes you a night-cap trimmed with the ears of a calf!
ref: 1849, Water-cure Journal:
text: As an ordinary drinker, he always used to find it necessary to have a glass of something as a night-cap, and then he always woke up in the morning hot and feverish, and Mondayish.
ref: c. 1862, “Total Abstinence for ministers”, in Journal of the American Temperance Union:
glosses: Alternative form of nightcap.
night cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night caps
Senses: examples: text: Among the promiscuous Assembly of broken Extravagants, a slovenly Sot sits puffing at the Board in a woollen Night cap, so disguis'd with Dirt, & his Hands & Face with Nastiness, that he look'd like the Cook of a Newcastle Collier just slept on Shore to enter an Action against his Master for wages.
ref: 1709, Edward Ward, “The Broken Shop-Keepers' Club”, in The History of the London Clubs, London: J. Dutten, published 1896, page 19:
text: BISHOP seems to be one of the oldest winter beverages known, and to this day is preferred to every other, not only by the youthful votary of Bacchus at his evening’s revelry, but also by the grave Don by way of a night cap; […]
ref: 1827, [Richard Cook], “BISHOP, OR SPICED WINE”, in Oxford Night Caps. Being a Collection of Receipts for Making Various Beverages Used in the University, Oxford, Oxfordshire; London: […] Henry Slatter; and Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […], →OCLC, page 1:
text: When I became strong enough to be again able to rim about, I was once more sent to a day-school, and all that I remember about the matter was, that every day, about eleven o'clock, I was told to run home and get a wigful of potatoes from Brandon's, the venerable pedagogue coolly taking off his wig, and exchanging it for a red night cap, until my return with the provender.
ref: 1834, Frederick Marryat, Florence Marryat, Rattlin, the reefer, page 41:
text: And she was allus a making teeny-weeny little night caps and flannel shirts...
ref: 1855, Frank Forester, “The Wigwam in the Wilderness”, in W.C. Bryant et al., editors, Graham's American monthly magazine of literature, art, and fashion, volume 47, page 321:
text: I went out and borrowed him a night cap; put him my night shirt on, and wrapped him in a blanket.
ref: 1866 April 20, Charles W. G. Howard, “Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons), page 84:
glosses: Alternative form of nightcap.
night caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night cap
bloodmage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloodmages
Etymology: From blood + mage.
Senses: examples: text: “But it is hard, lady, and dark. Some would say that death is cleaner. I learned the way in Asshai, and paid dear for the lesson. My teacher was a bloodmage from the Shadow Lands.”
ref: 1996, George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones, illustrated edition, published 2016, page 744:
text: Hated and feared, magic was banished from the land. But now, freed from spells of the wicked bloodmages, magic–both good and evil–returns.
ref: 2003, advertisement for The Hob's Bargain, in Patricia Briggs, Dragon Blood, page 286 (approx.)
text: “It seems that was the event being celebrated at Dun Ardagh when the bloodmage came and put this curse on his family.”
ref: 2006, Laura J. Underwood, The Hounds of Ardagh, page 89:
topics: fantasy
glosses: Alternative spelling of blood mage.
blood mage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blood mages
form: bloodmage
Senses: examples: text: Garahel, the hero of the Fourth Blight, had had a sister who was a blood mage.
ref: 2014, Liane Merciel, Dragon Age: The Last Flight, page 167:
text: Blood mages were draining his blood, carrying it off in small bowls to pour on the drums, on the platform, and the stone floor below, feeding the magic.
ref: 2015, Margaret Weis, The Seventh Sigil, page 569:
text: The military took care of the blood mages and the practitioners of the Arts of Air had their own schools and secrets.
ref: 2017, M. J. Scott, The Forbidden Heir, page 8:
topics: fantasy
synonyms: hemomancer
glosses: One who practices magic involving blood.