cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
deabbreviates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deabbreviate
deabbreviating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of deabbreviate
deabbreviated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deabbreviate
bioluminesces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bioluminesce
bioluminescing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of bioluminesce
bioluminesced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bioluminesce
in the Biblical sense
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Hopefully I have learned something out of all my years of screwing around with bands (in the Biblical sense, that is), so can offer some words of wisdom to Sue Sullivan, who wrote the letter in MRR #34 regarding the sexual demands of touring hardcore musicians.
ref: 1986 May, Lynne Lopatin, “P.O. Box”, in Maximum Rock’n’Roll, number 36, Berkeley, Calif., →ISSN, column 1:
text: For the whole of Ian’s life till I turned up, the ‘official’ date that our father and mother first met – in the Biblical sense – must have been given as or assumed to be, at the very earliest, some time after Ernest was killed, 1944. But in fact our parents had met and conceived me in early 1942, while Ernest was risking his life for king and country. But why had my father reacted in such a defensive manner over a matter of dates?
ref: 2008, Dave Sharp, John Parker, Complete Surrender: The True Story of a Family’s Dark Secret and the Brothers It Tore Apart at Birth, London: John Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 209:
text: “No, Walker, when I really think about it I don’t think there was anyone. In the Biblical sense that is, but what about you?” / “I guess in that way we are alike. I can’t honestly recall anyone.” / “Not even high school?” / He paused. “If you insist on going back that far, dear, I could include Jasmine.” / “Oh yes. You were quite smitten with her.”
ref: 2008, Richard Haight, Winter Beach Dog Trot: A Novel, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 105:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of in the biblical sense.
know someone in the Biblical sense
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows someone in the Biblical sense
form: knowing someone in the Biblical sense
form: knew someone in the Biblical sense
form: known someone in the Biblical sense
Senses: examples: text: A few days after yours truly met her and got to know her in the Biblical sense, so to speak—you follow me?
ref: 1960 January, Camilo José Cela, “Samson García, Traveling Photographer”, in Angel Flores, editor, Spanish Stories/Cuentos Españoles: A Bantam Dual-Language Book (Bantam Foreign Language), New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published March 1979, →ISBN, page 253:
text: Don’t broaden your interest to include wanting to know her in the Biblical sense or she’s liable to blow your head off.
ref: 1977, John Jakes, “Dorn’s Daughter”, in The Warriors (The Kent Chronicles; 6), Garden City, N.Y.: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., book 3 (The Fire Road), page 264:
text: And forget about your aspiration to know her in the Biblical sense.
ref: 1977, Thomas Berger, chapter 15, in Who Is Teddy Villanova?, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, →ISBN, page 243:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of know someone in the biblical sense.
oh, my gosh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Laura had come straight from work, and she was already there, showing the others her children’s picture with Santa when Joy walked over to their table. / Sharon took it and cooed, “Bless their little hearts. That is absolutely priceless.” / “Is that what you call it?” Laura said with a scowl. / Kay peered over Sharon’s shoulder. “Oh, my gosh. That looks like something that should get passed around the Internet.”
ref: 2007, Sheila Roberts, On Strike for Christmas, London: Piatkus, published 2014, →ISBN, page 202:
text: “Beth, I’m so glad you were able to come. Oh, my gosh! That looks heavenly. Here, let me take it for you.” / “Thank you, Cheryl.” Beth handed her the dessert and followed as they headed in the opposite direction of Nick’s office.
ref: 2012, Cynthia Gail, Winter’s Magic (Music City Hearts Series), Macedon, N.Y.: Soul Mate Publishing, →ISBN, page 121:
text: “Take a look at this. Here is where the cusp of your tooth should be. Clearly you can see that it is fractured off. If the tooth is not restored properly you will need a root canal procedure,” Sara stated quite plainly. / “Oh, my gosh! That looks horrible. I had no idea. I never felt anything. What should we do?”
ref: 2015, Harvey Passes, Profiles in Dental Courage: How to Completely Overcome Your Fear of the Dentist, Success, Ltd., →ISBN, page 59:
text: Mia and Charlotte got done with their massages while I was still sitting in the chair checking out my new look. / "Oh, my gosh, that looks so good!" Charlotte said, seeing me for the first time. "It makes me want to cut bangs!"
ref: 2016, Brooke St. James, chapter 11, in Meet Me in Myrtle Beach, →ISBN, page 109:
glosses: Alternative form of oh my gosh.
cat-foot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cat-foots
form: cat-footing
form: cat-footed
form: cat-footed
Senses: glosses: To walk quietly or stealthily.
Derived terms: cat-footed
cat-footing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of cat-foot
cat-foots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cat-foot
go between
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes between
form: going between
form: went between
form: gone between
Etymology: Phrasal verb from go and between.
Senses: examples: text: At Dover where we go from the main road, a triangular piece of about 350 feet, which is about ten feet below the road, between the canal and the road, there is a small house on the property, and it goes between the house and this wall that separates the road, I estimated that at fifty cents a running foot.
ref: 1909, Jersey City Water Supply Company, et al., defendants, In Chancery of New Jersey, Between the Mayor and Aldermen of New Jersey, Complainant, and the Jersey City Water Supply Company Et Als., Defendats; on Bill, Etc: Testimony for defendants, Feb. 17, 1909, page 5725:
text: Burn bright, through the night; two pockets lead the way.
Two doors to go between; the wall was raised today.
ref: 1985 June 10, R.E.M., “Life and How to Live It”, in Fables of the Reconstruction:
glosses: To occupy the position or interval that separates (two or more things); to intercede.
Derived terms: go-between
oxybromide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxybromides
Etymology: From oxy- + bromide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound containing oxygen and bromine.
Derived terms: arsenic oxybromide
oxybromides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxybromide
aletho-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia, “truth”).
Senses: glosses: true, truth
nonaimless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonaimless
form: most nonaimless
Etymology: From non- + aimless.
Senses: examples: text: So far as concerns this problem of choice and the "prices" necessarily related to it, the economic system stands on the same ground with any nonaimless behavior.
ref: 1968, John Mathew Culbertson, Macroeconomic Theory and Stabilization Policy, page 144:
text: There are, of course, some conceptual relationships between (i) taking means to an end and (i') taking means to ends of the specificity and extent required by the technical model, (ii) such broader concepts as pursuing aims and acting with purpose, and (iii) acting in an intelligent, nonrandom, nonaimless fashion .
ref: 1975, Regaining Educational Leadership, page 92:
text: Any (nonaimless) movement at a distance greater than 35 ft (10.7 m) from a work station (except for equipment operators hauling materials and returning empty).
ref: 1982 March, R. Court Olson, “Planning, Scheduling, and Communicating Effects on Crew Productivity”, in Journal of the Construction Division, volume 108, number 1:
glosses: Not aimless; purposeful.
Tavoso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tavosos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Tavoso.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
alethophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alethophile
Afghano-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Afghan + -o-.
Senses: glosses: Afghan, Afghanistan
nonairconditioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It is practically impossible for an agent to remain in a stationary car that is nonairconditioned.
ref: 1970, United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee, Treasury, Post Office, and Executive Office Appropriations, page 228:
text: The fact that it would be one of the last such occasions at the Ryman, together with the usual carnival brouhaha of the awards telecast, contrived to jam the nonairconditioned auditorium to overflowing.
ref: 2012, Marvin Kaye, The Grand Ole Opry Murders:
text: She called the legislature into special session a month later, aware that the temperatures in the nonairconditioned chambers and meeting rooms of the state capital would encourage quick deliberation.
ref: 2014, Martha Layne Collins, Elizabeth Duffy Fraas, The Public Papers of Governor Martha Layne Collins, 1983-1987, page 6:
glosses: Alternative form of non-air-conditioned.
non-air-conditioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + air-conditioned.
Senses: examples: text: The chief activity of ball players on the road in the musty, non-air-conditioned hotels was skirt-chasing and lobby-sitting.
ref: 2006, Ray Robinson, Iron Horse: Lou Gehrig in His Time:
text: The terminal was non-air-conditioned.
ref: 2014, Joe Hoover, Jehovah's Windfall:
text: Continuing oppressive summer heat made football practices and learning in smelly non-air-conditioned classrooms uncomforatable.
ref: 2015, Ruth V. Burgess, J. David Burgess, Longing for Home:
glosses: Lacking air conditioning.
power house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power houses
Senses: examples: text: A further loop siding is passed at Park House, and, just before reaching the power house, the line runs over a 20-ton Avery wagon weighbridge.
ref: 1957 December 24, H. R. Stones, “The Hellingly Hospital Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 871:
glosses: Alternative form of powerhouse.
power houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power house
howda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: howdas
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of howdah.
howdas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of howda
Bhatkal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Batcul
form: Batacola
form: Baticola
form: Batcole
form: Batecala
form: Batigala
Senses: glosses: A coastal town in the Uttara Kannada District of the state of Karnataka in India.
Batcul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bhatkal.
Batcole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bhatkal.
Batecala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bhatkal.
Batigala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bhatkal.
Batacola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bhatkal.
Baticola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bhatkal.
rematchmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rematchmaker
rematchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rematching
bolio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolios
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of boliah.
trend-setter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trend-setters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trendsetter.
trend setter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trend setters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trendsetter.
Brahminy bull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brahminy bulls
Senses: glosses: A bull devoted to Shiva and allowed to run loose in the bazaars or elsewhere.
Brahminy bulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brahminy bull
antifebrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Old trade name. Compare anti- and febrile.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Acetanilide used as an antipyretic.
ovel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovels
form: ovelim
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of avel (“mourner”).
ovels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovel
ovelim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovel
chado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sado
Etymology: From Japanese 茶道 (chadō).
Senses: glosses: The Japanese tea ceremony.
fribs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frib
fribby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fribby
form: most fribby
Etymology: From frib + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or full of fribs (pieces of wool).
chog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chogs
Senses: glosses: The core of an apple.
chogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chog
hero shrews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hero shrew
FLIRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FLIR
kichiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of khichdi.
kishri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of khichdi.
Kumhar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kumhars
form: Kumbhar
Senses: glosses: A member of a caste or community in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, historically associated with the art of pottery.
Kumbhar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kumbhars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kumhar.
Kumbhars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kumbhar
Kumhars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kumhar
half-timber
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of half-timbered.
half-timber
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: half-timbers
form: half-timbering
form: half-timbered
form: half-timbered
Senses: glosses: To construct in the half-timbered style.
half-timbers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of half-timber
handbooking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From handbook + -ing.
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: Illicit betting.
harmoniacal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more harmoniacal
form: most harmoniacal
Etymology: From Late Latin harmoniacus + -al.
Senses: glosses: Harmonious.
akapuka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maori [Term?].
Senses: glosses: Synonym of puka (“Griselinia lucida”).
synonyms: word: puka
extra: Griselinia lucida
pukanui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maori [Term?].
Senses: glosses: Synonym of puka (“Meryta sinclairii”).
synonyms: word: puka
extra: Meryta sinclairii
nonabyssal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + abyssal.
Senses: glosses: Not abyssal.
poeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poep
braks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brak
tahou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tauhou.
hngh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hnnng (moan indicating sexual arousal and/or (sexual) frustration).
hnng
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hnnng (moan indicating sexual arousal and/or (sexual) frustration).
O'Sullivan's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after John O'Sullivan (born 1942), British conservative political commentator and journalist.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The observation that all organizations that are not explicitly right-wing will over time become left-wing.
wikipedia: John O'Sullivan (columnist)
butter tofu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A vegetarian curry similar to butter chicken but replacing the meat with tofu.
eventrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eventrate
eventrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eventrate
everydays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
glosses: A softball drill in which players practise skills relating to their specific positions.
emparl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: emparls
form: emparling
form: emparled
form: emparled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of imparl.
emparled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of emparl
emparls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of emparl
emparling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of emparl
self-segmentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of self-segmenting.
shoal grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoal grasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shoalgrass.
shoal grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoal grass
shoalweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shoal + weed.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shoalgrass.
synonyms: word: shoalgrass
McDoctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: McDoctors
Etymology: From Mc- + doctor.
Senses: examples: ref: 2016 February 19, David Brinn Silly, “Welcome to McDoctor, May I Take Your Symptoms?”, in Points in Case:
glosses: A doctor or clinic that allows walk-in appointments.
McDoctors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of McDoctor
undec-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of undeca- used before a vowel.
Related terms: undecane
undecene
undecennary
undecennial
undecyne
dodec-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dodeca- used before a vowel.
Related terms: dodecane
tridec-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trideca- used before a vowel.
Related terms: tridecane
tridecene
tridecennary
tridecennial
tridecyne
birdliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From birdly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being birdly.
tetradec-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tetradeca- used before a vowel.
Derived terms: tetradecane
tetradecene
tetradecyne
pentadec-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pentadeca- used before a vowel.
Derived terms: pentadecene
pentadecyne
hexadec-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hexadeca- used before a vowel.
Derived terms: hexadecane
hexadecene
hexadecyne
heptadec-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of heptadeca- used before a vowel.
Derived terms: heptadecene
heptadecyne
octadec-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of octadeca- used before a vowel.
Derived terms: octadecane
octadecene
octadecyne
nonadec-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonadeca- used before a vowel.
Derived terms: nonadecane
nonadecene
nonadecyne
eicos-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eicosa- used before a vowel.
Derived terms: eicosane
eicosene
eicosyne
Szilard-Chalmers effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Szilard-Chalmers effects
Etymology: Named after Leó Szilárd and Thomas A. Chalmers, who discovered the effect in 1934.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: The breaking of a chemical bond as a result of a kinetic energy imparted from radioactive decay.
wikipedia: Leó Szilárd
Szilard-Chalmers effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Szilard-Chalmers effect
forest glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forest glasses
Senses: synonyms: waldglas
glosses: Glass produced in northwestern and central Europe from 1000–1700 using wood ash and sand as the main materials, characterized by its green or yellow tint.
forest glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forest glass
Tanzi effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tanzi effects
Etymology: Named after Italian economist Vito Tanzi who explained the effect in 1977.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
synonyms: Olivera-Tanzi effect
glosses: A phenomenon in which a period of high inflation in a country which results in a decline in the volume of tax collection and a deterioration of real tax proceeds being collected by the government of that country.
Tanzi effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tanzi effect
Olivera-Tanzi effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Olivera-Tanzi effects
Etymology: Named after Julio H. G. Olivera and Vito Tanzi.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Tanzi effect.
synonyms: word: Tanzi effect
wikipedia: es:Julio H. G. Olivera
Olivera-Tanzi effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Olivera-Tanzi effect
Monthieu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Monthieus
Etymology: Borrowed from French Monthieu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
undemonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dedemonization.
synonyms: word: dedemonization
dedemonisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dedemonization.
Zionist occupation government
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zionist occupation governments
Senses: topics: geopolitics
government
politics
synonyms: ZOG
;
Jewish occupation government
JOG
glosses: A government of a Western state secretly or openly controlled by Zionists or Zionist interests.
topics: geopolitics
government
politics
glosses: Any government in the world that is perceived or regarded as aligned with Israel, the United States, or the West.
retrofitment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrofitments
Etymology: From retro- + fitment or retrofit + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: DB Cargo UK Chief Operating Officer Neill Ethell said: "Overall, the design and installation for the Class 66 has taken four years, which shows the level of complexity in a retrofitment project of this scale. We're excited to see how it performs under rigorous testing at RIDC."
ref: 2024 May 15, Richard Wilcock, “Class 66 fitted with ETCS to begin dynamic testing”, in RAIL, number 1009, page 23:
synonyms: retrofit
retrofitting
glosses: The fitment or fitting of something retrospectively.
Zionist occupation governments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zionist occupation government
hobble knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobble knots
Senses: glosses: Synonym of handcuff knot.
synonyms: word: handcuff knot
Dilkon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Navajo.
Senses: glosses: A village and census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.
today's lucky ten thousand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of today's lucky 10,000.
Wilfley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from ?
Derived terms: Wilfley table
Professor Cube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Professor Cubes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Professor's Cube.
Professor Cubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Professor Cube
Nestriga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /nɪsˈtɹiːɡə/
Etymology: From Russian Нестри́га (Nestríga).
Senses: glosses: Russian spelling of Nestryha.
rukias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rukia
r-bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: r-bombs
form: r-bombing
form: r-bombed
form: r-bombed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of R-bomb.
R bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: R bombs
form: R bombing
form: R bombed
form: R bombed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of R-bomb.
Coulthurst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Nestryga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /nɛsˈtɹiːɡə/
Etymology: From both Russian and Ukrainian Нестри́га (Nestríga, Nestrýha), which are identical in their Cyrillic spelling but which differ in their Romanisation and pronunciation.
Senses: glosses: Hybrid spelling of Nestryha.
kobicha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 媚茶 (kobicha).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:kobicha.
glosses: A dark, orangish or grayish brown color historically used in Japan.
microultracentrifuges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microultracentrifuge
Doctor Frankenstein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Doctor Frankensteins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mad scientist.
synonyms: word: mad scientist
Dr. Frankenstein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dr. Frankensteins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mad scientist.
synonyms: word: mad scientist
Dr Frankenstein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dr Frankensteins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mad scientist.
synonyms: word: mad scientist
ZOGchow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zogchow.
ZOGslop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zogslop.
cat-footedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cat-footed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being cat-footed.
glosses: Synonym of surefootedness.
synonyms: word: surefootedness
redemonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redemonizes
form: redemonizing
form: redemonized
form: redemonized
Etymology: From re- + demonize.
Senses: glosses: To demonize again.
disem-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: A removal of something.
bandy words
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bandies words
form: bandying words
form: bandied words
form: bandied words
Senses: info_templates: expansion: [with with ‘someone’]
glosses: To argue.
Related terms: trade barbs
attrition warfare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of war of attrition.
synonyms: word: war of attrition
pop-skull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of popskull.
advance fee fraud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: advance fee frauds
Senses: topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: Any type of fraud involving an advance fee scam.
double dative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double datives
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The combination of a dative of reference with a dative of purpose.
r-bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of r-bomb
r-bombing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of r-bomb
r-bombed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of r-bomb
R bombed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of R bomb
R bombing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of R bomb
R bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of R bomb
testing effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: testing effects
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The increase in long-term memory when part of the learning period is devoted to retrieving information from memory.
testing effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of testing effect
fireman's chair knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fireman's chair knots
Senses: glosses: A knot tied in the bight forming two adjustable, lockable loops.
fireman's chair knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fireman's chair knot
primae noctis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: droit de seigneur
royal commissions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of royal commission
ligatural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /lɪˈɡætjʊɹəl/
/lɪˈɡætʃʊɹəl/
Etymology: From ligature + -al.
Senses: glosses: Containing a ligature.
mycosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mycoside
myelotransfusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myelotransfusion
myoceles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myocele
mystaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mystax
myriaporones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myriaporone
nanoarchaeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoarchaeon
nanobiomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanobiome
nanocentrifuges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanocentrifuge
nanocompositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanocomposition
nanodeposits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanodeposit
naniqs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naniq
nanofullerenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanofullerene
nanoemulsifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoemulsification
nanohardnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanohardness
nanoinverters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoinverter
nanoimmunoassays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoimmunoassay
nanostimulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanostimulation
naphthylisoquinolines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naphthylisoquinoline
naphthoxazines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naphthoxazine
naphthylalanines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naphthylalanine
naprapaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naprapath
nectandrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nectandrin
nebrians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nebrian
neatherdesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neatherdess
nucleolipids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleolipid
magic moment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magic moments
Senses: examples: text: The "magic moment": When Emotional Branding is used either aiming at the single sense or in combination, "a point in time - or 'magic moment' - is needed to ignite the emotional bond between brand and customer.
ref: 2002, Ulrike Max, Emotional Branding: Playing with the Senses, A Conceptual Approach, page 101:
text: LESSON 3: Know your North Star Metric, Magic Moment and Core Product Value. […] Facebook ushered in the modern era of growth marketing when it inaugurated a team responsible for determining the company's North Star Metric, Magic Moment and Core Product Value, monitoring them more closely and working them harder than anyone else and not being afraid of complex approaches to keep growth humming.
ref: 2017, Mike Hoefflinger, Becoming Facebook […] , AMACOM, →ISBN, page 37:
text: Magic moment: Represents a customer's first experience, or the “aha moment,” where they understand the value of your product. Just as every product's NSM is different, the magic moment will similarly be different—making connections in a social product, accessing a dashboard for a productivity tool, or comparing ticket prices on an airline aggregator, for example.
ref: 2020, Anuj Adhiya, Growth Hacking For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: The initial experience of a customer in evaluating a product, in which its value or worth is appreciated.
magic moments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magic moment
redemonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redemonize
redemonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of redemonize
redemonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redemonize
Doctor Frankensteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Doctor Frankenstein
Dr. Frankensteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dr. Frankenstein
Dr Frankensteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dr Frankenstein
dosirak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dosirak
form: dosiraks
form: doshirak
form: tosirak
form: toshirak
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 도시락 (dosirak).
Senses: glosses: A Korean-style packed lunch, usually consisting of rice and several banchan (small side dishes).
dosiraks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dosirak
Etch-A-Sketch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Etch A Sketch.
Etch-a-Sketch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Etch A Sketch.
etch-a-sketch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Etch A Sketch.
Thorpe-Ingold effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thorpe-Ingold effects
Etymology: Named after Jocelyn Field Thorpe and Christopher Kelk Ingold who reported the effect along with Richard Moore Beesley in 1915.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The phenomenon in which increasing steric hindrance favours ring closure and intramolecular reactions.
wikipedia: Christopher Kelk Ingold
Jocelyn Field Thorpe
many such cases
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From an X (formerly Twitter) post by Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump) in 2014, popularized after his election as President of the United States in 2016:
Healthy young child goes to doctor, gets pumped with massive shot of many vaccines, doesn't feel good and changes - AUTISM. Many such cases!
The phrase itself has been rarely attested in literature, from at least the 19th century, primarily in medical or legal context.
Senses: glosses: Used to indicate that an occurrence is unsurprising, or that something is or was evident. Often sarcastic, mocking someone for believing that something is common, or otherwise tongue-in-cheek.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see many, such, cases, indicating that there are many examples of something or that something is a common occurrence.
Thorpe-Ingold effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thorpe-Ingold effect
Succulent Karoo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From succulent + Karoo.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: An ecoregion in South Africa and Namibia.
Twomey effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Twomey effects
Etymology: Named after
Senses: glosses: The phenomenon in which additional cloud condensation nuclei, possibly from anthropogenic pollution, may increase the amount of solar radiation reflected by clouds.
Twomey effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Twomey effect
lotion up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lotions up
form: lotioning up
form: lotioned up
form: lotioned up
Senses: glosses: To apply lotion or sunscreen to one's skin.
Unruh effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Unruh effects
Etymology: Named after W. G. Unruh who described the effect in 1976.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A theoretical prediction in quantum field theory that an observer who is uniformly accelerating through empty space will perceive a thermal bath.
Ardoyne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A northern suburb of Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J3176).
glosses: A rural locality near Insch, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ6527).
Voigt effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Voigt effects
Etymology: Named after German scientist Woldemar Voigt who discovered the effect.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A magneto-optical phenomenon which rotates and elliptizes linearly polarised light sent into an optically active medium.
wikipedia: Woldemar Voigt
Voigt effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Voigt effect
doshirak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doshirak
form: doshiraks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dosirak (“Korean-style packed lunch, usually consisting of rice and several banchan”).
doshiraks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doshirak
tosirak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tosirak
form: tosiraks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dosirak (“Korean-style packed lunch, usually consisting of rice and several banchan”).
tosiraks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tosirak
toshirak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toshirak
form: toshiraks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dosirak (“Korean-style packed lunch, usually consisting of rice and several banchan”).
toshiraks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toshirak
elliptize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɪp.taɪz/
Forms: form: elliptizes
form: elliptizing
form: elliptized
form: elliptized
Etymology: From elliptic + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: We resorted, instead, to depositing on a test flat near the mirror being elliptized.
ref: 1949, Albert Vinicio Baez, Principles of X-ray Optics and the Development of a Single Stage X-ray Microscope, Stanford University, page 132:
text: When a rotator cuff tear was present, the degenerative zone was elliptzed and typically a side-to-side repair was performed.
ref: 1991, Lonnie Paulos, James E. Tibone, editors, Operative Techniques in Shoulder Surgery, Aspen Publishers, page 86:
text: Note that least-square discretizations are also equivalent to making the convection terms elliptic; another way to ‘elliptize’ convection was derived from the Lax—Wendroff scheme by Lerat et al. (1982).
ref: 1996, Roger Peyret, editor, Handbook of Computational Fluid Mechanics, Academic Press, page 9:
text: The basic configuration was optimized for a 10 arcmin FoV at a Cassegrain focus issued from a four-segment spherical primary obtained by replication, a spherically polished secondary elliptized by partial vacuum (g=1) and a doublet-lens corrector.
ref: 1998, Larry M. Stepp, editor, Advanced Technology Optical/IR Telescopes VI, volume 3352, SPIE, page 767:
text: Thus a unified approach to both problems suggests itself. Following an idea of R. Picard (1985) we do it in such a way that one operator structures the null space of the other. Thus the operators mutually ‘elliptize’, simplifying the presentation.
ref: 2013 July, Rolf Leis, Initial Boundary Value Problems in Mathematical Physics, Dover Publications, page 170:
text: Although in almost all cases the orbits of the inner planets should remain within a certain range of distances from each other; in a "probability" estimated (in the models) at a few%, it is possible that the orbits elliptize enough to intersect and cause a catastrophic destabilization of the orbits of the inner planets.
ref: 2024 May, Georges Ballin, The Bacterium that will kill the Earth "the Man", [self-published], page 21:
glosses: (To cause) to become elliptic or elliptical.
elliptizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of elliptize
elliptizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of elliptize
elliptized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of elliptize
Vroman effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vroman effects
Etymology: Named after Leo Vroman.
Senses: qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: The process of competitive protein adsorption to a surface by blood serum proteins where the highest mobility proteins generally arrive first and are later replaced by less mobile proteins that have a higher affinity for the surface.
wikipedia: Leo Vroman
Vroman effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vroman effect
dark social
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dark (“hidden, secret”) + social (“relating to social media or social networks”); compare Dark Web (“the portion of the Deep Web hosted on restricted networks”).
Coined 12 October 2012 by Alexis Madrigal of The Atlantic (see quotations), in reference to Internet traffic (clicks) from hyperlinks sent via private messages that are thus invisible to most analytics programs.
Senses: examples: text: This means that this vast trove of social traffic is essentially invisible to most analytics programs. I call it DARK SOCIAL [author's capitalsation]. It shows up variously in programs as "direct" or "typed/bookmarked" traffic, which implies to many site owners that you actually have a bookmark or typed in www.theatlantic.com into your browser. But that's not actually what's happening a lot of the time. Most of the time, someone Gchatted someone a link, or it came in on a big email distribution list, or your dad sent it to you.
ref: [2012 October 12, Alexis C. Madrigal, “Dark Social: We Have the Whole History of the Web Wrong”, in The Atlantic:
text: According to a RadiumOne study, almost 70% of all online referrals come from dark social globally. For the UK, this figure increases to 75%.
ref: 2016 February 16, Jack Simpson, “The rise of dark social: Everything you need to know”, in Econsultancy:
text: This shift in consumer behaviour underlines how much marketing now comes through social media, and specifically dark social.
ref: 2019 March 25, John Glenday, quoting André van Loon, “63% of people prefer to share content on 'dark social' channels”, in The Drum:
text: Dark social has a profound impact on social and digital marketing strategies. It evades the reach of standard tracking tools and obscures a significant portion of consumer behavior and interaction, leading to incomplete or skewed data on customer engagement, the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and even conversion paths.
ref: 2023 August 18, Rebecca Kowalewicz, “Understanding And Utilizing Dark Social In Marketing”, in Forbes:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Interactions via the World Wide Web that cannot be publicly viewed, tracked or logged, such as private messages, texts and e-mails.
wikipedia: The Atlantic
touch of the 'tism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See touch (“a little bit; a small amount”) and 'tism (“autism”). User-generated website Know Your Meme dates the first attested usage to 29 April 2007 on an online forum; popularised in 2022 on video-sharing social media service TikTok.
Senses: examples: text: Greta Thunberg […] has been declared Time Magazines Person of the Year. That's right, the winner of 2019's illustrious POTY award goes to the temperamental teenager with a touch of the 'tism'.
ref: 2021, Chad Prather, Am I Crazy?:
glosses: A mild form or manifestation of autism.
wikipedia: Know Your Meme
TikTok
Related terms: english: offensive form of autistic used on social media
translation: offensive form of autistic used on social media
word: acoustic
nurungji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 누룽지 (nurungji).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Korean snack made from scorched rice.
Wahlund effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wahlund effects
Etymology: Named after Swedish geneticist Sten Wahlund who described the effect in 1928.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A reduction of heterozygosity in a population caused by subpopulation structure.
wikipedia: Sten Wahlund
Wahlund effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wahlund effect
sunbird-asity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunbird-asities
Senses: glosses: Either of two species of songbird, Neodrepanis hypoxantha and Neodrepanis coruscans, native to Madagascar.
Usenetspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Usenet + -speak.
Senses: examples: text: >(And "she/he/it" (or "s/he/it") is even worse... That one always comes out
>as "excrement" in Hillbillyspeak...)
And even UsenetSpeak.
ref: 1995 May 12, John Novak, “horn of valere -> ter'angreal?”, in rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet):
text: Dave's apology IMHO was what make "Chuckletrousers" funny - before the apology, I just read over "Chuckletrousers" and went "Hm, Dave sure has picked up Usenetspeak in a hurry".
ref: 1996 October 27, Rose Marie Holt, “I met "The Dave"”, in alt.fan.dave_barry (Usenet):
text: Whine away in Usenetspeak, you anonymous elitist.
ref: 1999 December 18, Henry E. Kilpatrick Jr., “Russian Duma calls on Lewinski to stop bombings.”, in alt.politics.usa.republican (Usenet):
text: If yer think that's bad you should see some of the Usenetspeak that's used by allegedly trendy Herns on some groups. Prolly and Praps to name butt two. I use a prolly when it's brissing down - which can be quite painfull at my age!
ref: 2004 January 17, nemo, “Goon Shows on the Net”, in alt.fan.goons (Usenet):
glosses: The special slang used within the Usenet community.
Related terms: Usenetism