cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Scousepop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Scouse + pop; compare Britpop.
Senses: examples: text: Bald, stocky and moustached, he is the Lee Van Cleef of Scousepop, but a move into acting would be songwriting's loss.
ref: 2001 January 13, Dave Simpson, “Sizer Barker's little big success”, in The Guardian:
text: In between there's a few meandering moments, but also definite highlights with the bouncy Scousepop of 'Hemingway', aforementioned rockout update 'PKR', country-Americana stomp of 'Low Black Clouds' and 60s-by-way-of-the-90s jangle of 'Money Man'.
ref: 2013 March 26, Mayer Nissim, “The House of Love: 'She Paints Words In Red' – Album review”, in Digital Spy:
text: Sweet Disarray conflates lilting Scousepop and electronica into a warm nether-genre (if the Zutons and Metronomy ever made a record together, it might sound like this), with added sleek choruses that sound equally right on 6Music and Radio 1.
ref: 2014 March 6, Caroline Sullivan, “Dan Croll: Sweet Disarray review – Sleek, vibrant Scousepop”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Pop music from Liverpool.
of all times
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of of all time.
McLamb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McLambs
Etymology: Altered form of McClave; compare McClam.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Fiscus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fiscuses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Fiscus, a Latinization of the surname Korb.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Fiscuses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fiscus
McLambs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McLamb
Toles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Toleses
Etymology: Probably a variant of Toll.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Toles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tole
Arslanyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Arslanyans
form: Arslanian
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Արսլանյան (Arslanyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Arslanyans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Arslanyan
Toleses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Toles
yellow media
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Arising from yellow being the main color symbolizing the Telugu Desam Party; possibly also a play on the term yellow journalism.
Senses: examples: text: While taking to the media in the Party central office said that these types of cheap tricks are played by the yellow media to avoid the peoples’ attention on Chandrababu’s failed pre-election promises.
ref: 2014 October 30, “Jagan Targeted by Yellow media: YSRCP”, in The Hans India:
text: What lends credence to these allegations is the statements Jagan made during his swearing-in on May 30. He branded outlets such as Eenadu/ETV and Andhra Jyothy/ABN TV as “yellow media” (the colour of the opposition Telugu Desam Party). The chief minister said that his government will proceed against these newspapers and TV channels.
ref: 2019 October 18, Gali Nagaraja, “In Jagan's Andhra Pradesh, Media and Journalists In Line of Fire”, in The Wire:
glosses: media that is biased towards the Telugu Desam Party, particularly towards party leader Chandrababu Naidu.
wikipedia: Indian National Congress
Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
YSR Congress Party
Scrutons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Scruton
Zakkum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zaqqum.
mitigational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to mitigation.
litigational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to litigation.
B+'s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of B+
takiyya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takiyyas
form: takiyah
form: takīyah
form: tekyeh
form: tekke
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic تَكِيَّة (takiyya), from Ottoman Turkish تَكیه (tekye), from Classical Persian تکیه (takya). Doublet of takya, tekke, and takyeh.
Senses: examples: text: During the fast-month, zikrs are rarely performed in the Takiyahs: the inmates pray there in congregations, or they sit conversing upon benches in the shade.
ref: 1855, Richard F. Burton, “Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage”, in El-Misr, page 125:
text: The Sufis in this takiyya were expected to devote themselves exclusively to learning and worship, [...]
ref: 1988, Doris Behrens-Abouseif, “The Takiyyat Ibrahim al-Kulshani in Cairo”, in Muqarnas, page 44:
text: In addition to new layouts and forms the Ottomans also introduced new types of buildings such as the takiyya [...]
ref: 2002, Andrew Petersen, Dictionary of Islamic Architecture, page 50:
glosses: In Arabic-speaking parts of the Ottoman Empire, a Sufi convent.
takiyya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Arabic تَقِيَّة (taqiyya).
Senses: glosses: Uncommon form of taqiyya.
takiyyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of takiyya
takiyah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takiyahs
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of takiyya.
takīyah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takīyahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of takiyya.
takiyahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of takiyah
shotgun microphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shotgun microphones
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
synonyms: shotgun mic
qualifier: sound engineering
glosses: A highly directional microphone for capturing only the sound directly in front of it, often used at a distance.
shotgun microphones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shotgun microphone
shotgun mic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shotgun mics
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
qualifier: sound engineering
glosses: A shotgun microphone.
shotgun mics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shotgun mic
antiapartheidism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The black unions have taken advantage of this opportunity to promote antiapartheidism and to develop a favorable body of labor law.
ref: 1990, Comparative Labor Law Journal: A Publication of the U.S. National Branch of the International Society for Labor Law and Social Security [and] the Wharton School, and the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania, volume 12, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 210:
text: In part, this can be accomplished by separating the ideological factor (whether anticommunism or antiapartheidism) from that of long-range policy, that is, promoting gradual transformations toward largely autonomous regional orders in conditions of practical independence— and blocking contrary approaches.
ref: 1992, James Michael Roherty, James Roherty, State Security in South Africa: Civil-military Relations Under P.W. Botha, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 198:
text: And finally, the transnational discourses of antiapartheidism and divestiture had led the U.K. television industry to ban sales of current programs to South Africa, again shaping the ways Bop-TV could enact its particular form of antigovernment, antiapartheid cultural politics.
ref: 2013 April 1, Timothy Havens, Black Television Travels: African American Media around the Globe (Book collections on Project MUSE), NYU Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 75:
glosses: Alternative spelling of anti-apartheidism.
tetrapentapeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrapentapeptides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligopeptide formed from forty-five amino acid units
takyé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takyés
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of takyeh.
lavalier microphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lavalier microphones
Senses: qualifier: sound engineering
glosses: A small microphone worn like a lavalier (suspended from a cord worn around the neck).
synonyms: body mic
lapel mic
lavalier
qualifier: sound engineering; generally; sound engineering; generally
glosses: Any small, hands-free microphone which is worn attached to the body or clothes.
lavalier microphones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lavalier microphone
body mic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: body mics
Senses: synonyms: lapel mic
lavalier microphone
qualifier: sound engineering
glosses: A small, hands-free microphone which is worn attached to the body or clothes.
body mics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of body mic
caloric deficit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caloric deficits
form: calorie deficit
form: calorific deficit
Senses: synonyms: energy deficit
antonyms: caloric surplus
glosses: a shortage in the number of calories needed to maintain one's bodyweight
lapel mic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lapel mics
Senses: synonyms: body mic
lavalier microphone
qualifier: sound engineering
glosses: A small, hands-free microphone which is worn attached to the clothes.
lapel mics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lapel mic
caloric deficits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caloric deficit
crypto-Islam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crypto- + Islam.
Senses: glosses: Secret adherence to Islam.
Related terms: crypto-Muslim
SECAmb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of South East Coast Ambulance Service.
backliner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backliners
Etymology: From backline + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Bourque can also play the physical game with the best of the NHL backliners. He is not afraid to use the body, and his play in the corners is often fearsome.
ref: 2017, Stan Fischler, Boston Bruins: Greatest Moments and Players:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One who plays on the back line.
backliners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backliner
babydaddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: babydaddies
Senses: examples: text: Isn’t it ironic that after the Montgomery bus boycott, the sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, Black Power, feminism, and so-called free love, gender relations between black men and women are worse than ever? Our language reflects the low regard we have for one another. We are no longer husbands and wives, lovers, partners, significant others, or even friends, but bitches and niggas, chickenheads and scrubs, babymammas, babydaddies, and boos.
ref: 2001 August–September, Angela Ards, “Where Is the Love?”, in Marcia Ann Gillespie, editor, Ms., volume XI, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Liberty Media for Women, LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 56–57:
text: Please, people, spay and neuter your pets. Babymommas and babydaddies can take a significant bite out of your cat’s earnings. A single litter can yield eight kittens! That’s a lot of mouths for your cat to feed.
ref: 2014, Patricia Carlin, “The World Is Your Litter Box”, in How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity: A Guide to Financial Freedom, Philadelphia, Pa.: Quirk Books, →ISBN, page 112:
glosses: Alternative form of baby daddy.
babydaddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of babydaddy
bizzazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pizzazz.
clumpering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clumper
consultings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consulting
Great Rollright
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Rollright parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3231).
Related terms: Little Rollright
imipenems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imipenem
remountings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remounting
Rollright
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Some of the Rollright Stones are in the parish, the remainder are across the county border in Warwickshire.
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England.
wikipedia: Rollright Stones
Derived terms: Great Rollright
Little Rollright
vasculitises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vasculitis
vedutist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vedutists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vedutista (“landscape painter”).
vedutists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vedutist
vedutistes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vedutiste
coinvest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coinvests
form: coinvesting
form: coinvested
form: coinvested
Etymology: From co- + invest.
Senses: glosses: To invest jointly; to make a coinvestment.
coinvested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coinvest
coinvests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coinvest
coinvesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coinvest
coinvestment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coinvestments
Etymology: From co- + investment.
Senses: glosses: An investment made jointly, especially (finance) a minority investment made directly into an operating company, alongside a sponsor or other private equity investor, in a leveraged buyout, recapitalization, or growth capital transaction.
coinvestments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coinvestment
private equities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of private equity
tikinagan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tikinagans
Senses: glosses: An Algonquin cradleboard.
tikinagans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tikinagan
tillerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tillering
urogenitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Urogenitals of Primitive Fishes (Selachii).
ref: 1879, Ernst Haeckel, The Evolution of Man, volume 2, page 429:
glosses: The urogenital system.
un-understandableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ununderstandableness
Etymology: From un-understandable + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The following passage of the opium-eater’s own, evidently intended to be very fine, possesses as much of what Jeremy Bentham calls un-understandableness, as any I have for some time met, even from the Kantean school.
ref: 1827, “Diary of an M. P.”, in The Inspector, Literary Magazine and Review, volume II, London: Effingham Wilson, page 325:
text: Where he erst arrived with weary brain, in search of dissipation, and found nothing but a new exertion and thus a painful over[-]strain; where he therefore had to complain of too great length, of too much seriousness, or finally of complete un[-]understandableness:[…]
ref: 1894, Richard Wagner, “Preface to the Public Issue of the Poem of the Bühnenfestspiel “Der Ring des Nibelungen.””, in William Ashton Ellis, transl., Richard Wagner’s Prose Works, volume III (The Theatre), London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd., page 278:
text: But we have not yet reached the height from which we may appreciate his originality and “un-understandableness.”
ref: 1910, The Book-plate Booklet, page 36:
text: His address on Robert Browning was a delight, dwelling especially on the spiritual side of this man’s gift to the world, though sometimes speaking of the un-understandableness of some of his poems.
ref: 1918 March 27, “Education Day”, in The Albany-Decatur Daily, volume 7, number 26, Albany, Ala.:
text: She could have told him that life was like that, too, but only a light fluttery sigh answered him as she moved on, leaving him shaking his head at an age-old question, the un-understandableness of women.
ref: 1935 April 2, Florence Eberhard, “Marriage Between Friends”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 55, number 197, Kansas City, Mo., page 19:
text: We may be mistaken, for we make no pretension to mysticism save perhaps as one who stands in an astonished awe of the un-understandableness of what and whence and why and whither of ourselves and the universes of worlds, with all their beauty;
ref: 1937 March 7, ““The Metaphysical Poets.””, in The State, Columbia, S.C., page four-A:
text: Only the supernaturalism , the un[-]understandableness, of the human soul and mind.
ref: 1944, Taylor Caldwell, The Final Hour, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 36:
text: When according to the method that is to be applied in future ‘un-understandableness’ is made to refer to insentient thing, then this ‘un-understandableness is easily applicable to Prakriti’ and there is no contradiction when [] is adopted as the mode.
ref: 1981, Shri Raghavendra, His Life and Works: Brahma Sutras with the Commentary of Shri Raghavendra, page 71:
text: I knew that the imagery held all I could possibly hold and want to say, and I marveled at the un[-]understandableness of it.
ref: 1996, Terra Nova: Nature & Culture, page 100:
glosses: The quality of being ununderstandable.
Synonyms: incomprehensibility
incomprehensibleness
un-understandability
non-understandability
ununderstandableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ununderstandable + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: For the first time Desire felt that there was something about Peter which reminded her of the slow inevitableness and ununderstandableness of the ways of nature.
ref: 1908, U[na] L[ucy] Silberrad, chapter XIII, in Desire, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, page 195:
text: Those particular threads in that particular pattern, matter extended in space in that particular formless form, the utter ununderstandableness of it all,—is felt as a counterpart to the meaningful meaninglessness of the passage of time.
ref: 1968, R[eginald] H[orace] Blyth, Haiku: Summer-Autumn, page 358:
text: Finally, it would seem that unnaturalness does not consist in incomprehensibility or ununderstandableness, in any straightforward way.
ref: 1975, Michael Slote, “Inapplicable Concepts and Sexual Perversion”, in Robert Baker, Frederick Elliston, editors, Philosophy & Sex, Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, →ISBN, section “The Logic of Deviation”, page 262:
glosses: Alternative form of un-understandableness.
Eltham Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Eltham, borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4375).
Disney rash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So called because it is sometimes experienced by visitors to Walt Disney resorts, who find themselves undertaking an unusual amount of exercise (sports, etc.) in hot weather.
Senses: glosses: exercise-induced vasculitis
upper-medium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Slightly above medium.
glosses: Slightly more than medium.
lower-medium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Slightly below medium.
glosses: Slightly less than medium.
Jinshi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪnˈʃi/
Forms: form: Chin-shih
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 津市 (Jīnshì).
Senses: examples: text: The centuries-old coins were first unearthed on a farm in the southern Hunan province in the 1960s, where they had been kept inside a small glazed pot. They arrived at Jinshi City's museum in the 1980s, and archaeologists have been puzzling over their markings ever since, the Xinhua news agency reports. Now the museum says it'll hand out 10,000 yuan ($1,500; £1,100) to anyone who can help to shed light on the meaning of the coins' etchings.
ref: 2016 February 17, “China museum offers reward to decode historic coins”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2016, News from Elsewhere:
glosses: A county-level city of Changde, Hunan, China.
swordfern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swordferns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sword fern.
swordferns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swordfern
syphonage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of siphonage.
swachh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: cleanliness; purity
ungentlest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of ungentle: most ungentle
ungentler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of ungentle: more ungentle
thallines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thalline
night snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night snake
unsubtlest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of unsubtle: most unsubtle
unsubtler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of unsubtle: more unsubtle
catalogne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catalognes
Etymology: Named after one Sieur de Catalan, who lived in the 17th century.
Senses: glosses: A French-Canadian woven rag rug or blanket.
catalognes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catalogne
flome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flomes
Senses: examples: text: About the flome Jordan be many churches where that many Christian men dwelled.
ref: 1357, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, modernized spelling edition:
glosses: a river.
denticare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Dentistry subsidized through the medicare system.
chipperer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of chipper: more chipper
chipperest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of chipper: most chipper
cinerariums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinerarium
costumings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of costuming
cliometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cliometries
Senses: glosses: cliometrics
cliometries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cliometry
understir
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: understirs
form: understirring
form: understirred
form: understirred
Etymology: From under- + stir.
Senses: glosses: To stir too little.
understirred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of understir
understirs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of understir
understirring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of understir
radiodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiodont
radiodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiodonts
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A member of the Radiodonta order of Cambrian arthropods
Chin-chung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 晉中 /晋中 (Jìnzhōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin⁴-chung¹.
Senses: examples: text: The old Spades of An-i are reported to have been discovered in "Chin-chung" (Shansi), and the various Late Spades are said to have been recovered in "Chin-chung" (Shansi) and "Shan-yu" (Shansi), in "Chi-hsing" (Hopeh) or Chih-li (Hopeh) by most of the numismatists mentioned above.
ref: 1951, Numismatic Notes & Monographs, number 122, American Numismatic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 136:
text: The remaining 30% are anthracite coal, mainly found in Chin-shui and Chin-chung.
ref: 1958, Jingzhi Sun, Excerpts from Economic Geography of North China, Joint Publications Research Office, →OCLC, page 88:
text: Areas Suitable for Growing: It is being cultivated in Peking, Tientsin, the northeastern part of Hopeh, and the Chin-chung Prefecture of Shansi.
ref: 1979 August 22, “Superior Seed Strains of Staple Crops (198)”, in Translation Handbook on Agricultural Techniques for State Farms, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 271:
text: The five special district are Yen-pei in the extreme northeast, Hsin-hsien in the north, Chin-chung in the centre of the province,[…]
ref: 1983, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 648, column 1:
text: Yang-ch’üan, Pinyin YANGQUAN, City, eastern Shansi Province (sheng), China. It is a prefecture-level municipality (shih) entirely surrounded by Chin-chung Prefecture (ti-ch’ü).
ref: 2002, “Yang-ch’üan”, in The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, volume 12, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 817, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of Jinzhong.
wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica
polySia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of polysialic acid.
squared circles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squared circle
Wolkow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wolkows
form: Volkov
form: Volkoff
Etymology: From Russian Волков (Volkov) or Polish Wołków.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
denturism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From denture + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Denturism – the making and fitting of dentures by a practitioner who is not a dentist – is illegal, but it is possible that a small amount of denturism is conducted informally or clandestinely, presumably by dental technicians.
ref: 1996, Ben Jupp, Tom Bentley, Open Wide: Futures for Dentistry in 2010:
glosses: The illegal making and fitting of dentures by unqualified practitioners.
decenterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decentering
decentrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decentring
bellyboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bellyboats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of belly boat.
bellyboats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bellyboat
burlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more burlike
form: most burlike
Etymology: From bur + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bur.
burrlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more burrlike
form: most burrlike
Etymology: From burr + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a burr.
Daltonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Daltonian
esterisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of esterization.
epicardiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epicardium
pericardiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pericardium
endocardiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endocardium
planigons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planigon
planigon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planigons
Etymology: ? plane + -gon
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A convex polygon that can fill the plane with only copies of itself.
Related terms: sense: the three-dimensional case
word: stereohedron
feninga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fening
frouzily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more frouzily
form: most frouzily
Etymology: From frouzy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a frouzy manner.
felquiste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: felquistes
Etymology: From French felquiste.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A member of the Front de Libération du Québec, a militant Quebec separatist group founded in the 1960s.
felquistes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of felquiste
fleeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fleeter
MVNOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MVNO
gift-wrappings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gift-wrapping
giftwrappings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giftwrapping
fishes in troubled waters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fish in troubled waters
fishing in troubled waters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fish in troubled waters
fished in troubled waters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fish in troubled waters
Goodgame
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Goodgames
Etymology: Nickname for a merry or sporty person, from Middle English good (“good”) + game (“entertainment, sport”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
deinotheria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deinotherium
dinotheria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinotherium
dernys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of derny
wandering womb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wandering wombs
Senses: glosses: A "displaced uterus", formerly believed in Europe to afflict women.
Related terms: female hysteria
Goodgames
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Goodgame
wandering wombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wandering womb
Hingston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hingstons
Etymology: Perhaps a habitational surname from the village of Hinxton, in Cambridgeshire.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
hedysarum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hedysarums
Etymology: From translingual Hedysarum.
Senses: glosses: Any of the sweetvetches of the genus Hedysarum.
hedysarums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hedysarum
hooroos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hooroo
hoorooing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hooroo
hoorooed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hooroo
hanguls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hangul
Kashmir stag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kashmir stags
Senses: synonyms: hangul
glosses: Cervus hanglu hanglu, a subspecies of Central Asian red deer endemic to Kashmir and surrounding areas.
Kashmir stags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kashmir stag
hydrocephali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrocephalus
hikings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hiking
insipider
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of insipid: more insipid
interlayerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interlayering
hybridomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hybridoma
flomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flome
highjinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of high jinks.
jollof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I'm not usually on African food, but the smell of that jollof is peng right now my dawg!
ref: 2017, Joseph Barnes Phillips, Big Foot ...and Tiny Little Heartstrings:
glosses: Ellipsis of jollof rice.
kopiyky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kopiyka
keyest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] the key library associations and organizations, of which ARL is the keyest of the key.
ref: 1980, Association of Research Libraries, Minutes of the Meeting, page 57:
text: Yet to my way of thinking the keyest key player was pitcher Jose Contreras, and the pivotal game in the Sox' championship season was the series finale against the Yankees in August.
ref: 2013, Ted Cox, 1,001 Days in the Bleachers: A Quarter Century of Chicago Sports, page 70:
glosses: superlative form of key: most key
lagnas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lagna
Mourvèdre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mourvèdres
Etymology: From French mourvèdre.
Senses: glosses: A variety of black grape originally from Spain.
glosses: A variety of wine made from this grape.
Mourvèdres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mourvèdre
noncommittals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncommittal
nonelectricals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonelectrical
Nordicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nordicity
nontheisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nontheism
notebandi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi नोटबंदी (noṭbandī), punningly blended with note.
Senses: glosses: The demonetization of certain banknotes.
oppignerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oppignerate
oppignerates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oppignerate
oppigneration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oppignoration.
outstrided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: […] he and the great Lord Clifden came thundering home together at Epsom, amidst one of the loudest roars of excitement I ever remember, and it looked as if the big bay had just outstrided the little bay in the last few strides.
ref: 1888, Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, volume 49, page 154:
glosses: simple past and past participle of outstride
excysts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of excyst
jocundest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of jocund: most jocund
lilangenis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lilangeni
outcastings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outcasting
outcasteing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outcaste
bodhis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bodhi
dangest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Dangest thing I ever saw.
ref: 2010, Cliff LeCleir, From the Outhouse to the Moon, page 200:
glosses: Alternative form of dangedest.
metacinema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + cinema.
Senses: examples: text: In the years since, he has continued in that vein of clandestine metacinema, playing himself (in “Closed Curtain” and “Taxi”) less as a heroic auteur than as a curious, gentle, sometimes foolish middle-aged family man who can’t break the habit of turning life into film (or, to be precise, digital video).
ref: 2022 December 22, A. O. Scott, “‘No Bears’ Review: A Film That Critiques Itself”, in The New York Times:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A mode of filmmaking in which the film informs the audience that they are watching a work of fiction.
metacinematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metacinematic
form: most metacinematic
Etymology: From meta- + cinematic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to metacinema.
Derived terms: metacinematically
metacinematically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more metacinematically
form: most metacinematically
Etymology: From metacinematic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a metacinematic fashion.
EWW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The station code of Ewell West railway station in Ewell, England.
EWW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EWWs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of extreme wind warning.
Piscataway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pɪsˈkætəweɪ/
Forms: form: Piscatawa
form: Piscatawas
form: Piscataways
Etymology: By naturalization into English from the Piscataway language.
Senses: glosses: A certain tribe of Native Americans inhabiting what is now Maryland.
Piscataway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /pɪsˈkætəweɪ/
Etymology: By naturalization into English from the Piscataway language.
Senses: glosses: The extinct Algonquian language of these people.
Piscataway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /pɪsˈkætəweɪ/
Etymology: From the name of the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire, whence came some founders of the New Jersey settlement.
Senses: glosses: A township in New Jersey, United States; it is a suburb in the New York metropolitan area.
Piscatawa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Piscataway.
Piscatawas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Piscataway.
Piscataways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Piscataway.
bull roast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bull roasts
Senses: glosses: An event where beef (typically not an entire bull) is roasted over an open pit barbecue, sliced, and served, sometimes with oysters.
bull roasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bull roast
ajies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aji
ajis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aji
dream come through
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dream come true.
cute as corn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "You two should have dinner. Here you are, under the same roof, both cute as corn!"
glosses: Very cute; adorable.
thingamabobber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thingamabobbers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thingamabob.
thingamabobbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thingamabobber
luckie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more luckie
form: most luckie
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of lucky.
pride flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pride flags
Senses: examples: text: Later that week, a group of smiling Czechs appeared on the cover of the Prague Post, with one of the supporters waving a pride flag over his head.
ref: 1999, David Andrusia, Frommer's Gay & Lesbian Europe, page 18:
text: Eve thought her church should fly a pride flag, the rainbow flag that has been a symbol of gay pride for decades.
ref: 2008, Sarah Sentilles, A Church of Her Own: What Happens When a Woman Takes the Pulpit, page 203:
text: Premier Brad Wall confirmed on Saturday that the pride flag would fly at the [Saskatchewan] legislature in a show of solidarity with LGBT activists in Russia.
ref: 2014 February 10, Marco Vigliotti, “Province shows its Olympic pride”, in Metro Saskatoon, page 1:
glosses: The rainbow flag or variants of it.
examples: text: "It will be such an honor to ride with Woody [Glen] through the streets of Boston — wearing tiaras, of course — with the 45-foot bi pride ﬂag and dozens of bi community members behind us,” [Ellyn] Ruthstrom says.
ref: 2016, Faith Cheltenham, "The Case for Bisexuals at Pride", Mirror, Summer 2015, page 26
text: The Trans Equality Society of Alberta (TESA) celebrated Alberta's first-ever formal raising of a trans pride flag at the Alberta Legislature […]
ref: 2016, Trent Wilkie, "Trans Flag Raised At Leg", in "News Roundup", Vue Weekly, 24 November 2016 - 30 November 2016, page 5
text: During the halftime show, students carried eight different pride flags onto the field, representing the asexual, transgender, nonbinary, intersex, gay, lesbian, bisexual and pansexual communities […]
ref: 2019 September 25, Amy Qin, “Mob Lets Pride Fly In Baylor Show”, in The Rice Thresher, Rice University, Houston, TX, page 1:
glosses: Any flag intended to represent a specific subset of the LGBT+ community.
Related terms: Progress Pride flag
Progress Pride flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Progress Pride flags
Senses: examples: text: LGBT advocates in San Francisco would like to see the Progress Pride flag hoisted on the giant flagpole above the Castro Muni Station.
ref: 2020, Matthew S. Bajko & John Ferrannini, "Push afloat to see cities fly diverse Pride flags", Bay Area Reporter, 25 June 2020 - 1 July 2020, page 14
text: And in another first, we all stood in the early evening sun under the Progress Pride flag, with its incorporated trans flag, having been raised just that morning thanks to gay city officials.
ref: 2022, Melody Maia Monet, "Trans of Thought", Watermark (Orlando, FL), 24 June 2021 - 7 July 2021, page 18
text: Delta is flying the Progress Pride ﬂag in front of City Hall for the month of June in solidarity with our LGBTQ2S+ community and continues to be an ally every day.
ref: 2022 June 2, “Supporting Delta Pride!”, in Delta Optimist, BC: Delta, page A4:
glosses: A variant of the rainbow flag consisting of the original six horizontal bars with the addition of a large chevron to the hoist featuring three stripes of white, pink, and blue on the inside (the colors of the transgender pride flag) and two stripes of brown and black on the outside (representing POC members of the LGBT community.)
Coordinate terms: pride flag
ailuromorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ailuro- + -morphic.
Senses: examples: text: The ailuromorphic gods are long forgotten, but the cat’s resilience still inspires fascination, which is why the myth of the cat’s nine lives has endured for so long.
ref: 2003 April 5, Justine Hankins, “Never say die”, in The Guardian:
text: Once revered as gods in ancient Egypt, cats were thrown from high towers in the Middle Ages but managed to survive. Could the same ailuromorphic magic and tenacity apply to Liam Carroll?
ref: 2009 September 23, Dearbhail McDonald, “Tycoon could now prove he has as many lives as a cat”, in Irish Independent:
text: It didn't matter that Mwriel wasn't Christian, or that She was ailuromorphic rather than made in His image.
ref: 2016, Serena Toxicat, Evangeline and the Drama Wheel, →ISBN, page 38:
glosses: Having the form of a cat; cat-shaped.
Related terms: anthropomorphic
theriomorphic
bosspots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bosspot
ineffectivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ineffectivities
Senses: examples: text: This group includes various degrees of ineffectivity.
ref: 1895 September, “Discussion on Mr. Barr Robertson’s Paper”, in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, volume LVIII, part III, London: Edward Stanford:
text: Nevertheless, the procedure to be described has been useful in beginning the study of problems as varied as those of disease, undesirable conditions, sick or failing communities, inequities in receiving services, or inefficiencies and ineffectivities in the machinery for delivery of services.
ref: 1974, Henrik L. Blum, Planning for Health: Development and Application of Social Change Theory, page 257:
text: To be honest, I have not studied the Linnik-Malyšev proof closely enough to be sure that it does not contain further hidden ineffectivities.
ref: 1982, Proceedings of the International Mathematical Conference, Singapore 1981, page 21:
text: Despite the ineffectivities of options 5.1.2.1 and 5.1.2.2, some cases were observed indicating an increasing circadian period with increasing light dark ratio of the test light cycle.
ref: 1984, Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, page 808:
glosses: The quality of being ineffective.
Synonyms: ineffectiveness
ineffectivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ineffectivity
Hingstons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hingston
inexpressivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The critics also would discover an individual structure in the score: a singular, artful alternation of the savage in mood and movement and the dreamy and exalted; a juxtaposition of heavy march-rhythms and dragging or ecstatic rhythms; and abrupt juxtapositions of inexpressivity and extreme expressivity.
ref: 1943–5, Accent, page 182:
text: By demonstrating, even on this superficial level, that it is possible to cry without having pain the degree of emotional inexpressivity is lessened.
ref: 1951, J[oseph] A[ugustus] Winter, A Doctor’s Report on Dianetics: Theory and Therapy, page 117:
text: Particularly ingenious, I think, is the bilingualism: the English “notes-art” implying the pianist’s inexpressivity, and the German “no-zart” (zart meaning tender or delicate).
ref: 1957, Abram Chasins, Speaking of Pianists…, page 52:
glosses: The quality of being inexpressive.
Synonyms: inexpressiveness
Hinxton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Henġest, a byname from henġest (“stallion”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4945).
Related terms: Hingston
takya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takyas
form: takyé/takyeh
form: tekye/tekyeh
form: tekke
form: takiyya
form: takyah
form: takia
form: takiya
form: takiyah
form: takieh
form: takié
form: takiye
form: takiyeh
form: tekieh
form: tekiye
form: tekiyeh
Etymology: From Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya).
Senses: examples: text: The presence of the Hindiler Tekkesi or the Indian takya in Istanbul since the time of Tipu's mission is another indication but it was not until the 1840s that the position of the Indian Muslims with regard to the Ottoman caliphate was fully crystallized.
ref: 1999, M. Naeem Qureshi, Pan-Islam in British Indian Politics, page 16:
text: The younger shaykh, Baba Musafir, turned to the task of establishing a takya or khanqah at Awrangabad
ref: 2001, The Book Review, page 8:
topics: Islam
Sufism
history
human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: A gathering place for Sufis, especially in the Ottoman Empire and South Asia.
examples: text: takyas (graveyards)
ref: 1994, A. D. Khan, Diplomatics of the Soyurghal Farman of the Great Mughals, page 6:
text: Takya, a pillow, a resting-place of Faqīrs
ref: 2017, Ja'far Sharif, William Crooke, Islam in India:
topics: Islam
Sufism
history
human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: The cemetery or graveyard of Sufis, especially in South Asia.
examples: text: The takya was often endowed with several stores, the profits from which would help to defray the cost of maintaining the takya.
ref: 2004, Robert Gleave, Religion and Society in Qajar Iran, page 388:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Synonym of husayniyya.
synonyms: word: husayniyya
Ouimette
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ouimettes
Etymology: Canadian spelling of French Ouimet.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Muralidhara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Muralidharas
Etymology: Borrowed from Kannada.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Kannada.
Plethon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈpliːθɒn/
/ˈpliːθən/
Forms: form: Pletho
Etymology: Borrowed from Byzantine Greek Πλήθων (Plḗthōn), adopted by Plethon as a nickname or cognomen from Attic Greek πλῆθος (plêthos, “multitude, great number”) as a classicizing substitute for his surname Γεμιστός (Gemistós), from γεμιστός (gemistós, “filled, stuffed”). The particular form may have been chosen to mirror Πλάτων (Plátōn, “Plato”).
Senses: glosses: Georgios Gemistos Plethon (c. 1355–1453), a Byzantine Greek philosopher.
Derived terms: Plethonian
Plethonic
Harlyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh al-Lyn, from al- (facing towards) + llyn (lake).
Senses: glosses: A village on Harlyn Bay in St Merryn parish, north Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8775).
Ouimettes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ouimette