cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
RER
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RERs
Etymology: From French RER, often reinterpreted as "Regional Express Rail".
Senses: examples: text: […] the recently approved Crossrail link, together with the existing Thameslink, constitute the basis of an RER for London, which by the end of this decade will provide a single system, linking Reading with Colchester and Cambridge[…]
ref: 1991, Working Paper:
text: Reinvented according to this model—called regional express rail (RER)—Metra's key hubs would be O'Hare Airport, the Loop, and McCormick Place.
ref: 2021 November 10, “A path to high-speed rail in Chicago—through a reinvented Metra”, in Chicago Business:
glosses: A type of railway system that generally runs from suburbs or satellite towns into a city centre, with a central tunnel or overground corridor with higher speeds and more widely spread stations than a subway or metro.
RER
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: RERs
Etymology: From French RER, often reinterpreted as "Regional Express Rail".
Senses: glosses: Any of many RER systems in French-speaking countries.
examples: text: GO Transit also uses some tunnels in the city. Its Metrolinx RER programme includes laying 150km (93 miles) of new track, and some of this, for example under Highways 401 and 409, will be in tunnel.
ref: 2020 September 8, Mark Ovenden, Underground Cities: Mapping the tunnels, transits and networks underneath our feet, Frances Lincoln, →ISBN, page 42:
glosses: GO Expansion, a project to improve commuter rail in Ontario.
carrot cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carrot cakes
Etymology: The Singaporean senses are calque of Hokkien 菜頭粿 /菜头粿 (chhài-thâu-kóe / chhài-thâu-ké / chhài-thâu-kér, literally “radish cake”), which may have arisen from a confusion between Hokkien 菜頭 /菜头 (chhài-thâu, “radish”) and 紅菜頭 /红菜头 (âng-chhài-thâu, “carrot”, literally “red radish”).
Senses: glosses: A sweet cake, often iced, containing grated carrot.
glosses: Turnip cake; radish cake (a savoury cake containing radish, usually pan-fried).
glosses: Synonym of chai tow kway (“a dish of stir-fried radish cakes and eggs”).
synonyms: word: chai tow kway
extra: a dish of stir-fried radish cakes and eggs
space invader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: space invaders
Etymology: Made popular by the early video game Space Invaders (1978).
Senses: glosses: A hostile alien from outer space.
examples: text: When I forget to follow the rules with my hands, feet, and mouth, I become a Space Invader! A Space Invader makes it hard for others to work, think and play in their personal space.
ref: 2023 April 21 (last accessed), Kayla Weskamp, Space Invaders: A Social Skills Game (K – 5):
text: When someone enters my bubble, I may feel uncomfortable. They are my space invaders.
ref: 2023 April 21 (last accessed), Diana Sylvander, Don't Be A Space Invader!- Social Story:
related: word: space-invader
glosses: A person who intrudes on others' personal space, making them emotionally or physically uncomfortable.
telefrag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: telefrags
form: telefragging
form: telefragged
form: telefragged
Etymology: From tele- + frag.
Senses: topics: video-games
qualifier: first-person shooter
glosses: To frag (a player) by teleporting into the other player.
telefrag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telefrags
Etymology: From tele- + frag.
Senses: topics: video-games
qualifier: first-person shooter
glosses: A frag caused by teleporting into the other player.
fattism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fat + -ism (by analogy with racism, sexism, etc.).
Senses: synonyms: sizeism
weightism
glosses: Discrimination on the grounds of fatness.
Related terms: fatphobia
fattist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fattists
Etymology: From fat + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate of fattism.
fattist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fattist
form: most fattist
Etymology: From fat + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or advocating fattism.
minibar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minibars
Etymology: From mini- + bar.
Senses: examples: text: Print on the wall, earth tones on the bed, data port on the phone, fifty-five channels on the TV, including E! and Bravo: the modern secular hotel in perfect replica, except for the fact that there's no Spankavision and no minibar.
ref: 1999, Esquire: The Magazine for Men, volume 131, page 96:
text: "Something that's playful entices guests and loosens the scene and makes things relaxed," said Scott Engelman, the director of food and beverage at the Hotel Victor, in Miami Beach, which is scheduled to open on Wednesday and will include in its minibar offerings the Passion Pleasure, a box the size of a deck of cards that holds two condoms, alcohol-free wipes, lubricant and performance gel that Mr. Engelman describes as "a cream version of Viagra."
ref: 2004 December 12, Karen Robionvitz, “WHAT'S NEXT; SEX KITS IN THE MINIBAR.”, in The New York Times:
text: “When I’m exhausted and thirsty, I don’t want to have to leave my room to go get water because there’s no minibar. That’s one of my biggest rants,” he said. (Dr. Robson confirmed that minibars are, in fact, becoming extinct. “They take up space and energy and they require a lot of labor to maintain,” she said.)
ref: 2017 May 22, Tammy La Grace, “Drink Up, Business Travelers. The Minibar Is on the Way Out.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay.
oniony
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌnjəni/
Forms: form: onionier
form: onioniest
form: onion-y
Etymology: From onion + -y. In sense 3, after the mock news outlet The Onion.
Senses: examples: text: The leaves of the Salad leek possess a somewhat oniony taste and smell, and are extensively eaten raw as a relish.
ref: 1910, George P. Foaden, F. Fletcher, editors, Text-Book of Egyptian Agriculture, Cairo: National Printing Department, page 545:
glosses: Resembling an onion or onions, especially in terms of smell.
examples: text: No more will the messenger boy, the rounder, or the girl about town be able to indulge in the oniony hamburger, the last year’s chicken sandwich, or any of the other edibles and indigestibles furnished by the wheeled commissaries.
ref: 1900 May 17, “All Night Lunch Wagons. Proposed City Law With a Tax of $100 Each Will Drive Them Away.”, in Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb., page 7, column 3:
text: In a cool, colonial dining room overlooking the Malacca river, he demonstrates three such recipes: a mellow, mushroomy chicken curry (ayam pong the), a fiery okra salad (sambal bendeh), and – a personal favourite – a spicy, oniony shrimp-paste omelette (cincalock omelette).
ref: 2010 October 13, Alice-Azania Jarvis, “Fancy a Malaysian?”, in The Independent, number 7,489, page 44:
text: Start with meatballs and a serving of whatever wood-grilled vegetables (delicata, Brussels sprouts) are on the menu, then grab a blistered, oniony Amatriciana pizza, slipped from the glinting copper Le Panyol oven at the rear of the restaurant.
ref: 2023 January 15, Andrew Ross, “The best 75 places to eat and drink in Greater Portland”, in Maine Sunday Telegram, volume 135, number 31, page F4:
synonyms: onioned
glosses: Flavoured with onions.
examples: text: Many of these submissions were deleted for not having “an oniony quality” (seeming more like satire than news, not just a funny title) or being from an unreliable news source.
ref: 2019 January 29, Dawn Graham, “Fake news or not? Using natural language processing to identify articles”, in Towards Data Science, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2021:
text: ... it only took a little while for someone to point out this distinctly Oniony headline which appeared on the FARS^([sic]) website recently. "Gallup Poll: Rural Whites Prefer Ahmadinejad to Obama." Well, it turns out the headline and full article were pulled from The Onion and ran as a FARS news story.
ref: 2012 September 24, Marco Werman, “Iranian News Agency Apologizes for Reprinting Onion Satire as Fact”, in The World:
related: word: Oniony
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the satirical news website The Onion.
Derived terms: onioniness
cryptic crossword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptic crosswords
Senses: examples: text: While celebrating our “graduation”, a handsome Scot bailed me up outside a pub and insisted I help him solve the cryptic crossword.
ref: 2023 January 31, Clem Bastow, “My bad trip – I met a handsome Scot with a crossword and thought it was true love”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A type of crossword involving wordplay and misleading definitions.
Related terms: Crossword abbreviations
ray tracing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A technique that produces realistically shaded images by projecting imaginary light rays to determine which parts of an object should be illuminated.
glosses: A technique used in optics for analysis of optical systems.
Derived terms: distributed ray tracing
Related terms: beam tracing
cone tracing
ray marching
pre-render
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pre-renders
form: pre-rendering
form: pre-rendered
form: pre-rendered
Etymology: From pre- + render.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To render (a complex image) in advance.
Chaucerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: chô-sîrʹē-ən
ipa: /tʃɔːˈsɪəɹɪ.ən/
ipa: /t͡ʃɔˈsɪɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiən
rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: more Chaucerian
form: most Chaucerian
Etymology: From Chaucer + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Literary Bengali of prose, during the greater part of the 19th century, was thus a doubly artificial language ; and, with its forms belonging to Middle Bengali, and its vocabulary highly Sanskritised, it could only be compared to a 'Modern English' with a Chaucerian grammar and a super-Johnsonian vocabulary, if such a thing could be conceived.
ref: 1926, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, page 134:
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or pertaining to Geoffrey Chaucer or his writings.
Derived terms: Chaucerianism
Chaucerian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: chô-sîrʹē-ən
ipa: /tʃɔːˈsɪəɹɪ.ən/
ipa: /t͡ʃɔˈsɪɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiən
rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: Chaucerians
Etymology: From Chaucer + -ian.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A poet influenced by Chaucer.
glosses: A student of the works of Chaucer.
melon head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melon heads
Senses: examples: "Why should I shake his hand? He called me a melon head." - Miami Herald, 1992
glosses: A dimwit, a fool
glosses: A melon-headed whale
Related terms: melon-headed
in good time
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Lear: I gave you all—
Reagan: And in good time you gave it.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
synonyms: in due time
in due course
when the time comes
time is ripe
glosses: At a suitable time.
examples: text: No visitors appeared to delay them, and they all three set off in good time for the pump-room.
ref: 1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
text: A taxicab took me round in good time for my appointment.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 3, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: In time; before an appointed time; with time to spare.
Derived terms: all in good time
Related terms: in good season
all in good time
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Don't worry! I'm sure it will arrive all in good time.
glosses: At a suitable moment in time.
examples: text: Q: When are you going to mend the door? A: All in good time!
synonyms: in due time
glosses: One should be patient.
raw_tags: as a set phrase
Related terms: time heals all wounds
all things come to those who wait
cross that bridge when one comes to it
good things come to those who wait
patience is a virtue
supertype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supertypes
Etymology: From super- + type.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The data type represented by a superclass.
supertype
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: supertypes
form: supertyping
form: supertyped
form: supertyped
Etymology: From super- + type.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To categorize as a supertype.
derecognize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: derecognizes
form: derecognizing
form: derecognized
form: derecognized
Etymology: From de- + recognize.
Senses: glosses: To choose not to recognize; especially, to choose no longer to recognize.
unquoted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + quoted.
Senses: glosses: Not quoted on the stock exchange.
glosses: Not enclosed in quotation marks.
examples: a forgotten and unquoted poet
glosses: Not having been quoted; whose words have not been repeated by others.
bit shift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bit shifts
form: bitshift
form: bit-shift
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A bitwise operation in which the bits in a value are shifted left or right.
bit shift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bit shifts
form: bit shifting
form: bit shifted
form: bit shifted
form: bitshift
form: bit-shift
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To perform a bit shift.
Hyponyms: left shift
right shift
Related terms: <<
>>
<<<
>>>
bitmapped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Represented by a bitmap.
finalizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finalizers
form: finaliser
Etymology: From finalize + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A function that runs when an object is garbage collected, similar to a destructor.
bitmask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitmasks
form: bit mask
Etymology: From bit + mask.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A pattern of bits indicating which bits in a second pattern are to be modified.
bitmask
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bitmasks
form: bitmasking
form: bitmasked
form: bitmasked
form: bit mask
Etymology: From bit + mask.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To mask (a value) using a bitmask.
source control
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A technology that handles access to computer files containing source code so that several users can work on the files without interfering with each other's changes.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Measures applied to the source of an infection to reduce further contamination and spread.
examples: text: But the opposite concern also exists: egress, or transmission of particles from the wearer to the outside world. Historically, much less research has been conducted on egress, but controlling it—also known as “source control”—is crucial to stopping the person-to-person spread of a disease. Obviously, society-wide source control becomes very important during a pandemic.
ref: 2020 April 22, Zeynep Tufekci et al., “Real Reason to Wear a Mask”, *The Atlantic* (online)
topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: reservoir control
target control
qualifier: public health
glosses: Measures applied to potentially-infected people that reduce their chances of infecting others.
Related terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: check in
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: check out
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: commit
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: repo
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: repository
skinnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skinnable
form: most skinnable
form: skinable
Etymology: From skin + -able.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having support for skins (user interface customizations).
raw_tags: of software with user interface
text adventure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: text adventures
Senses: topics: computer-games
games
glosses: A computer game in which the player is given a textual description of the environment and uses a command line to interact with it.
Synonyms: interactive fiction
cross-browser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cross- + browser.
Senses: glosses: Compatible with more than one Web browser.
crosspost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossposts
form: cross-post
form: xpost
Etymology: From cross- + post.
Senses: glosses: An electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: indexing
glosses: An instance of crossposting, or the post thus created.
crosspost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crossposts
form: crossposting
form: crossposted
form: crossposted
form: cross-post
form: xpost
Etymology: From cross- + post.
Senses: glosses: To post (a message) to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.
qualifier: indexing; especially physically; indexing; especially physically
glosses: To post an entry (in a book index or other index) such that no matter which word a user looks under, they will find the relevant entry (see examples).
Derived terms: crossposter
Related terms: multipost
velveeta
ecard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of e-card.
hit counter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hit counters
Senses: synonyms: counter
glosses: A numerical display on a web page indicating the number of times the page has been accessed.
image map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: image maps
Senses: examples: text: Once you have a good idea of how to divide your image map, you're ready to move to the next step, adding the necessary HTML tags to your Web page.
ref: 1997, Andrew Bryce Shafran, Creating Your Own Web Pages, page 162:
text: Keep in mind that some people choose not to (or cannot) view images, so image maps alone won't always work for navigation. Be sure to include text-based links to supplement your image map.
ref: 2004, Emily A. Vander Veer, Doug Lowe, Eric J. Ray, Creating Web Pages All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies:
glosses: An image on a web page that is divided into shaped portions, each of which has an associated hyperlink.
topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: An orthophotomap.
spoiler space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Blank lines inserted into a message posted on the Internet so that the reader can choose whether or not to scroll down and read a spoiler.
top-post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top-posts
Etymology: From top + post.
Senses: glosses: A post on an online forum whose contents are placed above a quoted message which is being replied to.
top-post
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: top-posts
form: top-posting
form: top-posted
form: top-posted
Etymology: From top + post.
Senses: glosses: To make a top-post.
Derived terms: top-poster
Related terms: bottom-post
side-post
webring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webrings
Etymology: From Web + ring.
Senses: examples: text: The site had the look of an old Geocities^([sic]) page. Black background, ASCII art, novelty GIFs, visitor counters. There’s a link to the “badday webring” and an audio-only file of the video.
ref: 2018 January 12, Joe Veix, “The Strange History of One of the Internet's First Viral Videos”, in Wired, →ISSN:
text: Each of the member websites in a webring had a navigation area at the bottom of the page that had “next” and “previous” buttons directing surfers to other sites in the ring.
ref: 2020, Lisa Levenstein, They Didn't See Us Coming:
glosses: A collection of related websites which are interlinked in a circular structure, each site having links to the previous and next site in the ring.
Related terms: blogring
ringmaster
fulvic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fulvic acids
Senses: glosses: A straw-coloured extract of humus that remains after humic acid has been precipitated with acid
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The carboxylic acid derivative of cyclopentadiene 5-methylenecyclopenta-1,3-diene-1-carboxylic acid
Related terms: ulmic acid
gerb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)b
Forms: form: gerbs
Senses: glosses: A firework that produces a fountain of sparks
laika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laikas
form: Laika
Etymology: From Russian ла́йка (lájka, “laika”, literally “barker”).
Senses: examples: text: Q—The Russians picked a laika to occupy the space capsule. Do you think a dachshund would have been a wiser choice?
ref: 1957, The New Yorker, volume 33, page 54:
text: Indeed, they have been hybridising for a very long time, as is evidenced by the laika, a wolf-like dog that even today accompanies various Siberian peoples.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 287:
glosses: A type of hunting dog from Russia.
Derived terms: Nenets Herding Laika
force of habit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forces of habit
Senses: examples: text: "Only force of habit will explain why people today do honor to Christopher Columbus." - New York Times, 1937
text: The Tin Woodman lay down on his bed from force of habit, for he remembered when he was made of flesh; but not being able to sleep, he passed the night moving his joints up and down to make sure they kept in good working order.
ref: 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
glosses: An act that has been repeated to the point where the performance of the act becomes automatic.
disconnector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭs′kə-nĕk′tər
ipa: /ˌdɪs.kəˈnɛk.tə/
ipa: /ˌdɪs.kəˈnɛk.təɹ/
ipa: /ˌdɪs.kəˈnek.tə/
ipa: /ˌdəs.kəˈnek.tə/
ipa: /ˌɖis.koˈnek.ʈaɾ/
Forms: form: disconnectors
Etymology: From dis- + connect + -or.
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A switching device used to open an electric circuit when there is no current through it. They are used to isolate a part of an electrical system to allow the maintenance staff a safe access to it.
Related terms: circuit breaker
reversi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)si/
Etymology: (board game): So named because the playing pieces have two differently colored sides, which are reversed when captured to indicate that they are now the capturer's.
Senses: glosses: A strategy game for two players, areas of the board being captured by surrounding rows of the opponent's pieces with one's own.
glosses: The card game reversis.
Synonyms: english: a trademark
translation: a trademark
word: Othello
alpha channel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alpha channels
Etymology: Coined by Alvy Ray Smith and Ed Catmull in the 1970s. Smith writes: "We called it that because of the classic linear interpolation formula αA+(1-α)B that uses the Greek letter α (alpha) to control the amount of interpolation between, in this case, two images A and B". That is, when compositing image A atop image B, the value of α in the formula is A's alpha channel.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A numerical value specifying a level of translucency to be applied to a colour.
wikipedia: Alvy Ray Smith
Ed Catmull
veggieburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veggieburgers
Etymology: From veggie + -burger.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of veggie burger.
stingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stinger
cheesesteak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheesesteaks
Etymology: From cheese + steak.
Senses: glosses: A Philadelphia snack food consisting of chopped steak and melted cheese in a bread roll.
Synonyms: Philadelphia cheesesteak
Philly cheesesteak
Coordinate terms: chopped cheese
alpha blending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computer graphics technique that simulates translucency by combining colours.
memorious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəs
Forms: form: more memorious
form: most memorious
Senses: examples: text: He had forgotten ever writing the work until, ten years later, a memorious friend produced it in Palermo, newly refurbished by Rota.
ref: 2000, The New Criterion, volume 19, numbers 1-4, page 59:
glosses: having an unusually good memory
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: Deeds they shall do so digne memorious glory, / song shall not suit nor Hist'ory hold the story.
ref: 1880, Camoens [i.e., Luís de Camões], “Canto X”, in Richard Francis Burton, transl., edited by Isabel Burton, Os Lusiadas (The Lusiads): […], volume II, London: Bernard Quaritch, […], →OCLC, stanza 71, page 387:
glosses: Easy to remember, often for specific reason; memorable.
examples: text: As a space inhabited in the present, it often houses material elements from the family's history, serving as a memorious map that describes and explains the family's genealogy and narratives of its past.
ref: 2017, Brady Wagoner, Handbook of Culture and Memory, page 106:
glosses: Relating to memories.
Synonyms: sense: having a good memory
word: elephantlike
word: retentive
word: tenacious
sense: easy to remember
word: memorable
word: memorable
word: memorious
word: unforgetful
Derived terms: memoriousness
boobook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbuːbʊk/
Forms: form: boobooks
form: boobok
form: bookbook
form: bokbook
Etymology: From Dharug bokbok (imitative of the primary call of the Australian boobook, Ninox boobook).
Senses: synonyms: boobook owl
glosses: Any of various owls of Asia and Australasia of the genus Ninox.
Synonyms: sense: owl of the genus Ninox
word: hawk owl
Derived terms: Alor boobook
Andaman boobook
Australian boobook
Bismarck boobook
brown boobook
Buru boobook
Camiguin boobook
Cebu boobook
chocolate boobook
Christmas Island boobook
cinnabar boobook
Halmahera boobook
Hume's boobook
least boobook
Luzon boobook
Manus boobook
Mindanao boobook
Mindoro boobook
New Britain boobook
northern boobook
ochre-bellied boobook
Papuan boobook
Romblon boobook
Rote boobook
Seram boobook
speckled boobook
Sulu boobook
Sumba boobook
Tanimbar boobook
Tasmanian boobook
Timor boobook
Togian boobook
corbicula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlə
Forms: form: corbiculae
Etymology: A learned borrowing from Latin corbicula, diminutive of corbis, a basket. Doublet of corbeil.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A bee's pollen basket; in honeybees and close relatives, the corbiculae are located on the outer (lateral) surface of the hind tibia.
Synonyms: corbiculum
pollen basket
Derived terms: corbicular
corbicula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlə
Etymology: A learned borrowing from Latin corbicula, diminutive of corbis, a basket. Doublet of corbeil.
Senses: glosses: plural of corbiculum
contravallation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contravallations
form: countervallation
Senses: antonyms: circumvallation
glosses: A fortification built around a sieged target by the besiegers.
cathartical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cathartical
form: most cathartical
Senses: glosses: cathartic.
cathartical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catharticals
Senses: glosses: A laxative.
lease line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lease lines
Senses: glosses: The limit of the tenant space, either physically demarcated (by a demising partition or demising wall) or imaginary, controlled by the tenant of a leased, typically retail space, in a multi-tenant establishment, such as a mall.
affaire d'honneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: affaires d'honneur
Etymology: Borrowed from French affaire d'honneur (“matter of honour”).
Senses: synonyms: affair of honour
glosses: A duel.
contrabandist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrabandists
Etymology: From contraband + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A dealer in contraband.
Synonyms: contrabander
smuggler
contrasuggestible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more contrasuggestible
form: most contrasuggestible
Etymology: From contra- + suggestible.
Senses: glosses: Liable to respond to psychological suggestion by doing the opposite.
downcasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of downcast
contracyclical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more contracyclical
form: most contracyclical
Etymology: From contra- + cyclical.
Senses: examples: text: The government cut taxes during the recession as a contracyclical measure.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Tending to counteract the effects of the business cycle.
Derived terms: contracyclically
copy protection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A software or hardware mechanism designed to prevent copying.
Hypernyms: sense: copy-preventing mechanism; partial
word: digital rights management
metro station
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metro stations
Senses: glosses: A railway station for a rapid transit system.
Synonyms: subway station
underground station
granny annexe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granny annexes
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: granny flat, granny room, mother-in-law apartment, in-law unit, secondary suite, casita, garden apartment, ADU (“accessory dwelling unit”)
glosses: An extension built to house an elderly relative.
the boot is on the other foot
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: The appointment of Huw Merriman as Minister for Rail and HS2 means the boot is on the other foot for the former chairman of the influential House of Commons Transport Select Committee (TSC).
ref: 2022 November 16, Mel Holley, “Network News: Settling rail disputes the priority for new Rail Minister”, in RAIL, number 970, page 10:
glosses: Alternative form of the shoe is on the other foot.
aspergillium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aspergillia
Etymology: From Latin aspergō (“sprinkle”).
Senses: examples: text: Among the "non sacred" vessels, some of which now have only historical significance, are the containers for wine and water and for unconsecrated hosts, implements for washing of hands, the altar-cross and candle-sticks, the cup for the ablution or cleansing of the communicants mouth after reception of the sacrament, the pax-brede for the sign of peace, the sacring bell, the container for holy water and the sprinkler or aspergillium as well as the thimble and incense-boat.
ref: 2002, Michael Kunzler, The Church's Liturgy, Continuum International Publishing Group, page 142:
glosses: Alternative form of aspergillum.
get the boot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets the boot
form: getting the boot
form: got the boot
form: got the boot
form: gotten the boot
Senses: examples: text: "Put it down in your diary, my young friend, and send it to your rag." "And be ready to get the toe-end of the editorial boot in return," said Lord John.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: Tony Parsons has claimed that he quit before he "got the boot" from the Daily Mirror, after former colleagues expressed their anger over remarks that he made suggesting he had defected to the Sun because he needed to support his family.
ref: 2013 September 16, Lisa O'Carroll, quoting Tony Parsons, “Tony Parsons: I quit the Mirror before I got the boot”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To be dismissed from employment.
glosses: To be voted out, evicted, or otherwise made to leave.
Synonyms: get the chop
get the sack
get the elbow
get the walking papers
Related terms: order of the boot
get the elbow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets the elbow
form: getting the elbow
form: got the elbow
form: got the elbow
form: gotten the elbow
Senses: glosses: To be dismissed from employment.
Synonyms: get the chop
get the boot
get the sack
hobnail boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobnail boots
Senses: glosses: A heavy-duty, hard-wearing work boot with hobnails in the sole to make them last longer and to provide grip on muddy ground.
microstrains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microstrain
snow lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snow line
lyricists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lyricist
ore bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ore body
mahonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mahonias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: Winter-blooming mahonias, or grape hollies, are catching on: Charity has fragrant yellow flowers.
ref: 2008 January 24, Anne Raver, “What the Nurseries Like for Spring”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of the genus Mahonia (now often included in Berberis) of evergreen shrubs.
show-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of show-off
caecotroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caecotrophs
form: caecotrope
form: cecotrope
Senses: examples: text: Vocalizations include food recruitment calls, high-pitched contact and aggressive chirps, a mating call, a toilet-assembly call, and vocalizations specific to pups, such as squawks when pups are stepped on and caecotroph-solicitation chirps.
ref: 2002, J. Jarvis, P. Sherman, “Heterocephalus glaber Rüppell, 1842: Naked Mole-rat,”, in Mammalian Species, number 706, page 5:
text: He finds the caecotrophs revolting, consisting as they do of semi-digested herbage, discharged through the anus and reswallowed two or three times a week.
ref: 2003, Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake, →ISBN, page 158:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.
Related terms: caecotrophy
dragon fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹæɡ.ən ˌfɹuːt/
Forms: form: dragon fruits
form: dragonfruit
Etymology: From dragon + fruit; most likely a calque or literal translation of a term in a Southeast Asian language (compare Chinese 火龍果 /火龙果 (huǒlóngguǒ, literally “fiery dragon fruit”). Initial English texts cite Vietnamese thanh long; however, this was constructed differently, being a Sino-Vietnamese term for "Azure Dragon" (青龍) re-used to reference the green, "unripe" color of the fruit. First attributed in 1963.
Senses: glosses: The fruit of certain cacti of the genus (Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.), cultivated in Southeast Asia and Central and South America, having cerise-pink- or yellow-coloured skin and a white or pink sweet fleshy interior with black seeds.
wikipedia: Azure Dragon
Synonyms: sense: fruit of certain cacti
word: pitaya
sense: fruit of certain cacti
word: strawberry pear
pitahaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitahayas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pitaya.
dragonfruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragonfruits
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dragon fruit.
pitaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitayas
form: pitahaya
Etymology: From American Spanish pitahaya, from Taíno [Term?].
Senses: glosses: Certain cactuses native to the Americas, of genus Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.).
glosses: The fruit of Stenocereus, known for its bright skin and speckled flesh. Also called dragon fruit.
strawberry pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strawberry pears
Senses: glosses: dragon fruit (Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.).
infantilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of infantilize
infantilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of infantilize
sea lanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea lane
sea-lane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-lanes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sea lane.
sea-lanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea-lane
base rent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: base rents
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The amount of rent assessed before inclusion of additional expenses or other factors that increase the amount of rent to be paid.
irreplaceability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From irreplaceable + -ity; see ir-, replace, -able, -ability.
Senses: synonyms: irreplaceableness
glosses: The quality of being irreplaceable; inability to be replaced, often because of being unique.
irreplaceably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From irreplaceable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an irreplaceable manner; (frequently) uniquely, singularly.
hand-in-hand
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: All-in-all, these are significant benefits for Welsh users and go hand-in-hand with improved train services, [...]
ref: 2020 January 2, Barry Doe, “Excellent fares changes on Transport for Wales”, in Rail, page 63:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hand in hand.
devisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deviser
software deployment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: software deployments
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: All the activities employed in making software ready for use.
Hyponyms: continuous deployment
subdeployment
on top of that
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: They were holding hands and, on top of that, they were kissing.
glosses: Also, additionally, moreover.
Related terms: into the bargain
snowpack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowpacks
Etymology: From snow + pack.
Senses: examples: text: Alpinist Herman Stelling reportedly noted Thursday that the first few seconds of being swept up in a cataclysmic avalanche was actually pretty fun. “Weeeeeeeee! Yay!” said the visibly overjoyed Stelling, stressing that he felt like a kid again as he was pulled downhill in the 200-mph rush of hardened, detached snowpack.
ref: 2024 January 11, “First Seconds Of Being Swept Up By Avalanche Pretty Fun”, in The Onion:
glosses: An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
motor sailer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motor sailers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of motorsailer.
idioglossia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪdioʊˈɡlɑsiə/
ipa: /ˌɪdiəˈɡlɑsiə/
Forms: form: idioglossias
Etymology: From idio- + -glossia.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An invented form of dialect, language, or speech used by children, typically twins, and intelligible only to its speakers.
Synonyms: sense: invented form of language used by children
word: cryptophasia
sense: invented form of language used by children
word: idiolalia
Related terms: idioglossic
idioglottic
twin speech
twin talk
idioglottic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪdioʊˈɡlɑtɪk/
ipa: /ˌɪdiəˈɡlɑtɪk/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to idioglossia.
belvederes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belvedere
demi-gods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demi-god
echolalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ælɪk
Etymology: From echolalia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Their echolalic responses may be much more extensive than the single words or short phrases that are characteristic of normal echolalia. Thus, a pseudoverbal autistic child may respond to "Do you want a cookie, Jimmy?" with a replication of the very same words.
ref: 1984, Jon Eisenson, Aphasia and related disorders in children, page 30:
topics: clinical-psychology
human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to echolalia.
echolalic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ælɪk
Forms: form: echolalics
Etymology: From echolalia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A person who exhibits echolalia.
echoless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From echo + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without echo.
Synonyms: unechoing
Derived terms: echolessness
responseless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈspɑnsləs/
ipa: /ɹɪˈspɑnslɪs/
rhymes: -ɒnsləs
rhymes: -ɒnslɪs
Etymology: From response + -less.
Senses: glosses: Having or producing no response.
answerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From answer + -less.
Senses: glosses: Having or producing no answer.
glosses: Not capable of being answered; unanswerable.
Derived terms: answerlessly
answerlessness
pawky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔːki/
homophone: porky
homophone: porkie
Forms: form: pawkier
form: pawkiest
Etymology: From pawk + -y.
Senses: examples: text: [H]e generally meets her at one Signora Sporza's, a very pawky gentlewoman, who understands what's what as well as any woman in Naples […].
ref: 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 161:
text: 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 1, p.36-37.
'Awa', ye pawky thief! Dost tu think that I'll herrie the laird's cellar for thee or ony body?—But there's the whisky bottle in my ain cupboard, wi' some driblets in it yet, that ye may tak; and deil a drap mair shall ye get, an thy tongue were as guizened as a spelding. I wonder wha learnt sic a youngster as thee to be sae pawky.
text: Those unacquainted with the pawky humor of the Scot will search unsuccessfully in reference books for mention of the elusive Colonel Boffin.
ref: 1991, Sydney Ross, Nineteenth-Century Attitudes: Men of Science, Springer, page 32:
text: Just as a pun, to be a good pun, has to be not only a play on words but have a serious meaning, so pawky humour must carry sense. However the underlying humour is always there.
ref: 2010, J. A. Hadfield, Why Do We Laugh, Lulu.com, page 202:
glosses: Shrewd, sly; often also characterised by a sarcastic sense of humour.
Derived terms: pawkily
pawkiness
teucalli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teucallis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of teocalli.
huboon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhjuːˌbuːn/
Forms: form: huboons
Etymology: Blend of human + baboon
Senses: examples: text: I'm a huboon, baby, I'm a cross between a human and an ape
ref: c. 1976, Devo, Huboon Stomp (song)
text: She's got all the huboons crying her name
ref: c. 1976, Devo, Soo Bawlz (song)
text: Your first giddy reaction would be to wonder whether the patient, if he survived at all, would still be human being, [sic] or rather a baboon, or perhaps an entirely new hybrid species, no doubt to be called a "huboon."
ref: 1994, Joseph S. Berliner, “Transformation as Transplanation”, in A World Fit For People, page 88:
text: 2004, "Mr. X", Shout It Out, Club Devo https://web.archive.org/web/20080705113221/http://www.clubdevo.com/mp/shout.html
Everything that 'makes the world go round', or 'progress with a price tag' as the huboons say on their way to work
glosses: A human-baboon hybrid; an ape-like person.
Related terms: apeman
midshipman fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midshipman fish
form: midshipman fishes
Etymology: From midshipman + fish, after their prey-attracting photophores, which are said to resemble the buttons of a naval uniform.
Senses: glosses: Any species of the genus Porichthys of batrachoid toadfishes, typically nocturnal, distinguished by photophores and four lateral lines, and noted for a hum produced by males during the breeding season.
Synonyms: sense: toadfish of genus Porichthys
word: midshipman
toadfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toadfish
form: toadfishes
Etymology: From toad + fish, in reference to their toadlike appearance.
Senses: glosses: Any fish thought to resemble a toad
Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.
glosses: Any fish thought to resemble a toad
Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma)
glosses: Any fish thought to resemble a toad
Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus)
glosses: Any fish thought to resemble a toad
Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni)
glosses: Any fish thought to resemble a toad
Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei)
glosses: Any fish thought to resemble a toad
Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
red striped toadfish, of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia, syn. Tetraodon erythrotaenia)
glosses: Any fish thought to resemble a toad
Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber)
glosses: Any fish thought to resemble a toad
Certain species in family Psychrolutidae
dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus)
glosses: Any fish thought to resemble a toad
Certain species in family Psychrolutidae
frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus)
glosses: Any fish thought to resemble a toad
Certain species in family Psychrolutidae
pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus)
Related terms: frogfish
toadlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toadlike
form: most toadlike
form: toad-like
Etymology: From toad + -like.
Senses: glosses: Similar to, or resembling, a toad.
Synonyms: toadish
toadly
Related terms: anuran
batrachian
froggish
froggy
froglike
frogly
ranine
salientian
toad-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toad-like
form: most toad-like
Senses: examples: text: Heavy and toad-like the old ladies looked; some fluttering like poultry, others shrinking into their own thoughts.
ref: 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter VI, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 95:
text: A very small expensive black toque was hideously unbecoming to the yellow, toad-like face beneath it.
ref: 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 25:
glosses: Alternative form of toadlike.