cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
glycerophosphoglycerol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycerophosphoglycerols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The glycerol ester of glycerophosphoric acid
glosses: Its fatty acid derivatives - the phosphatidylglycerols
glycerophosphoinositol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycerophosphoinositols
Etymology: From glycero- + phospho- + inositol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The inositol ester of glycerophosphoric acid.
glosses: Any of its fatty acid derivatives - the phosphatidylinositols.
computer scientists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of computer scientist
lipidologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipidologist
natural scientists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of natural scientist
social scientist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social scientists
Etymology: From social science + -ist; see social, scientist.
Senses: glosses: A scientist who specializes in a social science such as psychology, economics, or political science.
formalisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more formalisable
form: most formalisable
Etymology: From formalise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of formalizable.
murder by suicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: murders by suicide
Senses: examples: text: We may arrange for the best airport security in the world, but if you want to commit murder by suicide, you don’t have to board a plane to explode yourself and kill many people.
ref: 2006, Haim Harari, View from the Eye of the Storm: Terror And Reason in the Middle East, page 33:
glosses: An act (such as a suicide bombing) in which a person kills one or more other persons before, or while, killing himself or herself; the act of killing others and oneself in this way.
Related terms: crime of passion
genocide
massacre
mass murder
serial killer
spree killer
suicide attack
terrorism
kid glove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kid gloves
Etymology: From kid gloves (made from the skin of a young lamb or goat), a particularly fine, soft material.
Senses: examples: text: to handle with kid gloves
text: He's usually very sensitive about this sort of thing; make sure you put on your kid gloves before you see him.
text: His friend Penny Vieregge provided a glimpse into his actual experience when she described the "incredible fragility" in Dick at the time, "like fine, fine, porcelain. . . . I wanted to put on kid gloves and be there in case the shattering came."
ref: 2005, Jeffrey John Kripal, Glenn W. Shuck, On the Edge of the Future: Esalen and the Evolution of American Culture, page 154:
text: This time around the enemy took off the kid gloves. He saw that his previous plans to destroy me had failed. Instead of sending boys to do a man's job, he sent a man that he knew would win me over.
ref: 2008, Barbie Jones, The Power to Choose - A Victim No More, page 44:
text: Malcolm: Be gentle with them.
 Jamie: Oh, you know me Malc. Kid gloves, but made from real kids.
ref: 2009, In The Loop, BBC Films:
glosses: A metaphorical representation of careful handling.
examples: text: As he saw her hands in their old black kid gloves getting the silver out of the worn purse, his heart contracted with pain of love of her.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter V, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
text: By degrees the room grew perceptibly hotter. The smell of kid gloves mingled with the strong scent of flowers.
ref: 1915, Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kid, glove.
Derived terms: handle with kid gloves
kid-glove
treat with kid gloves
cheapdate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by Monica S. Moore et al. in 1998 (see 1998 quotation), from “cheap date”, the idea being that it is less expensive to buy an evening's worth of drinks for a person with a lower tolerance for alcohol. (Fruit-fly mutants are frequently given whimsical names.)
Senses: examples: text: One X-linked mutation isolated in this screen was named cheapdate (chpd) to reflect the increased ethanol sensitivity displayed by hemizygous mutant male flies.
ref: 1998 June 12, Monica S. Moore et al., “Ethanol Intoxication in Drosophila: Genetic and Pharmacological Evidence for Regulation by the cAMP Signaling Pathway”, in Cell, volume 93, number 6, page 998:
qualifier: always italicized
glosses: A certain mutant strain of fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) with heightened sensitivity to ethyl alcohol (ethanol), causing it to lose postural control at lower concentrations of the drug.
colo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: col-
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin colon, whence also English colon.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the colon.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Hypernyms: entero-
intestino-
Coordinate terms: word: duodeno-
word: jejuno-
word: ileo-
alt: ano- or recto-
word: procto-
tennis racquets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tennis racquet
soccer players
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soccer player
foreclosees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreclosee
TWSS
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: twss
Senses: glosses: Initialism of that's what she said.
twss
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: TWSS
Senses: glosses: Initialism of that's what she said.
mishegas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The One Laptop Per Child mishegas has hit the boiling point, and the hiss of steamed "Give One/Get None" donors has finally gotten the OLPC group's attention.
ref: 2008, Robert X. Cringley, OLPC: Desperately seeking St. Nick, ARRNNet:
text: "If she'd hit just half an inch further to the left, we could have avoided all this mishegas."
ref: 2021, Stephen King, Billy Summers, page 504:
glosses: Alternative spelling of mishegoss.
Shrewsbury cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shrewsbury cakes
Senses: examples: text: Why Brother Willfull of Salop, you may be as ſhort as a Shrewſbury''' Cake, if you pleaſe.
ref: 1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene xv, page 46:
text: I bought some Shrewsbury cakes at Mr. Paul's in — Street, Covent Garden, eating some of which supported me somewhat.
ref: 1794, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 276
text: I received from the mayor an oaken box with a silver top and filled with the famous Shrewsbury cakes.
ref: 1832 August 2, Queen Victoria, journal
glosses: A type of flat, crisp biscuit traditionally made in Shrewsbury.
Shrewsbury cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shrewsbury cake
Pô
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: head_nr: 2
glosses: A city in Burkina Faso.
absentee voter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti voʊ.tɚ/
Forms: form: absentee voters
form: absent voter
Senses: examples: text: The absentee voter mailed in his ballot on time.
glosses: A registered voter who is permitted to vote by absentee ballot, due to absence from district during the election.
absentee voters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absentee voter
Faunus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Faunus.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Horned god of the forest, plains and fields; Greek counterpart: Pan.
Cymrophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Cymro- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Welshmen, as in this very case of Pistol versus Fluellen, do not always stand quiet to have their leeks knocked about their pates — so the angry Saxon adopts other, and perhaps safer modes of giving vent to his Cymrophobia.
ref: 1864 March, “St. David's Day”, in London Society, volume 5, number 28, page 221:
text: Paradoxically, while most immigrants of other ethnic origins are welcomed and proud to be "British", Cymrophobia still persists hundreds of years after the Anglo-Saxons labelled the original Britons as "Welch", or foreigners.
ref: 2006 April 11, Glynne Rowlands, “Letters: Touchy about Cymrophobia”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The Guardian:
text: To stretch the analogy further, the English are akin to a rich and powerful family in the Big House, while the Welsh hunker down in the bwthyn, on the estate's western edge. In many ways, the attitude of the English over the years has mirrored this analogy, being characterised, at best, by a pompous paternalism and, at worst, by outright condescension and outrageous Cymrophobia.
ref: 2007, Mike Parker, Neighbours from Hell, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: The hatred or fear of Wales, Welsh people or the Welsh language.
absolute ceiling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.səˌlut ˈsi.lɪŋ/
ipa: /ˌæb.səˈljut ˈsi.lɪŋ/
Forms: form: absolute ceilings
form: ceiling
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The maximum altitude above sea level that an aircraft or missile can maintain horizontal flight under normal conditions.
absolute ceilings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absolute ceiling
Cymrophone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Cymro- + -phone.
Senses: examples: text: I'd like to put my bid forth as guessing Nigel is one of the "last of his kind" dyed in the wool Welsh Anglophone Conservative, almost as rare a beasty as his Cymrophone counterparts.
ref: 1998 February 19, RJones6901, “Re: Help please: Non-Welsh-speaking teaching posts in Wales?”, in soc.culture.welsh (Usenet):
text: The Tudor revival of interest in medieval Welsh history produced not only further manuscript copies of the Welsh Life, but also a retranslation into Latin for the benefit of non-Cymrophone scholars.
ref: 2002, C. P. Lewis, “Gruffudd ap Cynan and the Reality and Representation of Exile”, in Exile in the Middle Ages, →ISBN, page 42:
synonyms: Cambrophone
glosses: Welsh-speaking.
Cymrophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cymrophones
Etymology: From Cymro- + -phone.
Senses: examples: text: Three hundred years earlier, when 90 per cent of the population spoke the language, it and the identity it stood for was strongest 'in the rural counties of north and west Wales'. This essential structure had not changed, though the proportion of Cymrophones was much reduced [...]
ref: 1999, Murray Pittock, Celtic Identity and the British Image, →ISBN, page 118:
synonyms: Cambrophone
glosses: A speaker of the Welsh language.
Cambro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Cambria.
Senses: examples: text: [T]hough a good Cambro-Briton as I hope, and properly Zealous for my Countrys Glory, I have lived too long in England not to laugh when reading of Madog and Fadog and Cywrgie […].
ref: 1795 November 19, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana:
text: History proves that for centuries the Anglo-Saxons fought, formed treaties, intermarried with the Cymbric race [...] They even themselves passed through intermixture out of the properly Anglo-Saxon into the Cambro-Saxon phase, constituting in fact a new race.
ref: 1868, Thomas Nicholas, The Pedigree of the English People, page 442:
text: In present-day Colloquial Welsh borrowed nouns retain noun plurals in the exact shape that they occur in Cambro-English; for example (in north-western areas): [kondəktərs] 'conductors', loris 'lorries'.
ref: 1993, Martin John Ball, James Fife, The Celtic Languages, →ISBN, page 311:
glosses: Welsh.
Synonyms: Cymro-
absolute magnitudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absolute magnitude
special drawing rights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of special drawing right
Kelvins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kelvin
CIPM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of International Committee for Weights and Measures (French abbreviation).
politisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: politisations
Senses: glosses: politicization
absolute music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.səˌlut ˈmju.sɪk/
ipa: /ˌæb.səˈljut ˈmju.sɪk/
Senses: antonyms: program music
glosses: Instrumental music having an intellectual and affective content, which depends solely on its rhythmic, melodic, and contrapuntal structure.
Armenophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Armeno- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Fear, dislike, or hatred of the Armenians, Republic of Armenia and the Armenian culture
Synonyms: anti-Armenianism
Related terms: Armenophobe
Meds Yeghern
enoxolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably from -ene + (carb)ox(ylic acid) + -olone (“steroid or steroid-like drug”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Glycyrrhetinic acid.
Derived terms: carbenoxolone
Armenophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Armeno- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: unusual admiration or partiality for the Armenian people, or Armenian culture, language or history
Related terms: Armenophile
polype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypes
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of polyp.
Armenophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Armenophiles
Etymology: From Armeno- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: Someone with unusual admiration or partiality for the Armenian people, culture, language, or history.
Related terms: Armenophilia
absolute scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.səˌlut skeɪl/
ipa: /ˌæb.səˈljut skeɪl/
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: A temperature scale whose zero corresponds to absolute zero such as the Kelvin scale or Rankine scale.
Armenophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Armenophobes
Etymology: From Armeno- + -phobe.
Senses: glosses: a person having a fear, dislike of, hatred or aversion to the Armenians, Republic of Armenia and the Armenian culture
Related terms: Armenophobia
Armenophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Armenophobe
Armenophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Armenophile
polypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polype
testamentary guardian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: testamentary guardians
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A person appointed by a testator to assume legal guardianship of a minor following the death of a parent or other legal guardian.
Norsk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Norwegian Bokmål norsk. Doublet of Norse.
Senses: glosses: Scandinavian, especially Norwegian
Related terms: Norse
postsynchronisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post-synchronisation
form: post-synchronization
form: postsynchronization
Etymology: From post- + synchronisation.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: dubbing
-sis
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Forms: form: -ses
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek -σις (-sis, “forms noun of action”), often via Latin or French. Identical in meaning with Latin -entia, English -ing.
Senses: examples: catharsis, dialysis, diagnosis, crisis
glosses: forming nouns of action or process
examples: psoriasis, sepsis, tuberculosis, psychosis
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: forming nouns of condition
examples: basis, oasis, thesis, stasis
glosses: forming additional nouns
potiche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potiches
Etymology: From French potiche.
Senses: topics: ceramics
chemistry
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A vase with a separate cover, the body usually rounded or polygonal in plan with nearly vertical sides, a neck of smaller size, and a rounded shoulder.
potins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potin
boot camps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boot camp
blood samples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blood sample
op shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of op shop
cool story bro
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: cool story, bro
Senses: examples: text: “Hey, Eddie. I gotta ask you. I see these T-Shirts, too, they say ‘Cool Story, Bro.’ What's that mean?” “If someone tells you a shitty story, then you respond ironically, ‘Cool story, bro,’ to their really not cool story.” “Cool story, bro,” he said with a smile. “Loser,” I said as I pushed him.
ref: 2016, Eddie Huang, Double Cup Love: On the Trail of Family, Food, and Broken Hearts in China, Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, page 155:
glosses: Used to dismiss a comment perceived as boring or pointless, or refute an anecdote that one considers difficult to believe.
Synonyms: and then everyone on the bus clapped
reinvestigations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinvestigation
leukocidins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukocidin
nonstaphylococcal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + staphylococcal.
Senses: glosses: Not staphylococcal.
processwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From process + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: The dashed lines in the processwide inventory represent the average inventory[…]
ref: 1998, John M. Nicholas, Competitive manufacturing management:
text: To specify that you want to use processwide hacking, give the caller and callee module the same name.
ref: 2001, Feng Yuan, Windows Graphics Programming: Win32 GDI and DirectDraw, page 273:
glosses: Throughout a process.
multiusage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + usage.
Senses: examples: text: Without much of the protocol suite that manages sessions, error control, and all the facilities and timers that most protocols require to survive in a multiusage environment, the network was properly and adequately used.
ref: 1996, Bill Hancock, Advanced Ethernet/802.3 network management and performance:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: multiuser capability; the ability of a computer system to process requests from multiple users at the same time
iridectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iridectomy
Limerickman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Limerickmen
Etymology: From Limerick + man.
Senses: glosses: A man from Limerick, Ireland.
Limerickmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Limerickman
break on the wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks on the wheel
form: breaking on the wheel
form: broke on the wheel
form: broken on the wheel
Senses: examples: text: Despite protesting his innocence under torture, the sexagenarian father was condemned by the Parlement in March 1762 to be broken on the wheel, a fate which he bore with stoical fortitude.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 270:
glosses: To fasten (a criminal etc.) to a wheel and break his limbs or beat him to death.
Related terms: breaking wheel
souperism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From souper + -ism.
Senses: glosses: During the Irish Potato Famine, the setting up of schools by non-Roman Catholic Bible societies in which starving Catholic children were fed but were subjected to Protestant religious instruction at the same time.
multi-levelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multileveled.
contrastable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more contrastable
form: most contrastable
Etymology: From contrast + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being contrasted (with something else); admitting contrast.
pays d'état
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pays d'état
form: pays d'états
Etymology: From French pays d'états.
Senses: examples: text: Brittany was a pays d'état and while the province's elite of ancient Sword nobles controlled the Parlement at Rennes, its provincial estates were dominated by its extensive poor nobility [...].
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 272:
glosses: Any of several provinces of pre-Revolutionary France which retained their own local assemblies.
diapedeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diapedesis
Peripatecian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peripatecians
Senses: examples: text: He proceeds constantly from generals to particulars, according to the method of Aristotle and Galen, to which he strictly conforms, true Peripatecian as he was...
ref: 1856, Pierre-Victor Renouard, History of Medicine from Its Origin to the Nineteenth Century, page 310:
glosses: A Peripatetic; an Aristotelian.
Peripatecians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Peripatecian
futhorcs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of futhorc
futharks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of futhark
shad-waiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shad-waiters
Senses: synonyms: roundfish
glosses: A lake whitefish; the roundfish (Prosopium cylindraceum).
shad-waiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shad-waiter
fuþarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuþark
concinnous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more concinnous
form: most concinnous
Etymology: Latin concinnus.
Senses: examples: text: that most concinnous and most rotund of professors
ref: 1831, Thomas De Quincey, Dr. Parr and his Contemporaries:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Characterized by concinnity, or (archaic, figurative) neat; elegant.
concinnities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concinnity
fuþorcs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuþorc
sea-bow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-bows
form: sea bow
Senses: synonyms: marine rainbow
glosses: A rainbow seen in the spray of the ocean.
sea-bows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea-bow
harmel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of harmal.
ecofootprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecofootprints
Etymology: From eco- + footprint.
Senses: glosses: ecological footprint
ecofootprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecofootprint
styca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪ.kə/
Forms: form: stycas
Etymology: From Medieval Latin styca, from Old English stycas, styċġċe pl, Northumbrian variants of Old English styċċe (“small piece of money; bit; piece”).
Senses: examples: text: They were contained in a bronze vessel, and were all stycas, consisting of 2000 of Eadred, 2000 of Ethelred[…]
ref: 1859, Henry Noel Humphreys, The Coin Collector's Manual, or Guide to the Numismatic Student in the Formation of a Cabinet of Coins:
glosses: An Anglo-Saxon copper coin of little value, used in Northumbria.
stycas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of styca
poularde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poulardes
Senses: examples: text: The operation of making capons and poulardes is, as we have shown, attended with some risk.
ref: 1873, William Bernhard Tegetmeier, The Poultry Book, page 141:
glosses: Alternative form of poulard (“young spayed hen”).
puisny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more puisny
form: most puisny
Senses: examples: text: A puisny tilter, that spurs his horse but on one side.
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
glosses: Alternative spelling of puisne
trou-de-loup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trous-de-loup
Etymology: French, literally "wolf-hole".
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle.
Synonyms: tiger pit
traphole
trous-de-loup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trou-de-loup
tetanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tetanizes
form: tetanizing
form: tetanized
form: tetanized
form: tetanise
Etymology: From French tétaniser.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, on tetanizing an only slightly irritable nerve, applied to the deriving cushions by its longitudinal and transverse sections very near to the exciting electrodes, with the alternating currents of the Inversor arranged so that its closing value in the unit of time is brought as near as possible to unity, frequently we get only a trace of negative variation, or none at all, or even a positive deflection; but, repeating the experiment several times, we always get a feeble negative variation.
ref: 1868, Charles E. Morgan, Electro Physiology and Therapeutics:
text: There is, in short, little doubt that the constituent of mammalian muscle which liberates carbon dioxide on prolonged boiling, is the same as that which is decomposed in tetanus and rigor; for if muscles are tetanized or made rigid, while at the same time opportunity is offered for th escape of the carbon dioxide which is known to be generated in those processes, the yield of dioxide on subsequent boiling is reduced to a mean of 20 or 30 vols. p. c. instead of 100.
ref: 1880, Arthur Gamgee, A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body:
text: This tetanizing effect on muscles is most pronounced in frequencies from 15-150 cycles per second.
ref: 2003, Gideon Bosker, Textbook of Primary and Acute Care Medicine, page 272:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To throw (a muscle etc.) into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in.
Related terms: tetanization
tetanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tetanize
tetanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tetanize
tetanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tetanize
onychia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊˈnɪki.ə/
Forms: form: onychias
Etymology: See onyx.
Senses: glosses: A whitlow (infection near a finger or toe nail)
Derived terms: brachyonychia
onychia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊˈnɪki.ə/
Senses: glosses: plural of onychium
onychias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onychia
exspoliation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exspoliations
Etymology: From Latin exspoliatio, from exspoliare (“to spoil, to plunder”), from ex (“out”) + spoliare. See spoliate.
Senses: examples: text: If thou aspire to attain to the perfect knitting and union with God , know that it requireth a perfect exspoliation, and denudation, or bare nakedness, and utter forsaking of all sin, yea, of all creatures, and of thyself particularly: even that thy mind and understanding, thy affections and desires, thy memory and fancy, be made bare of all things in the world, and all sensual pleasures in them, so as thou wouldst be content that the bread which thou eatest had no more savour than a stone, and yet, for His honour and glory that created bread, thou are pleased that it savoreth well: but yet, from the delectation thou feelest in it, turn thy heart to His praises, and love that made it.
ref: 1825, Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow), John Norman Pearson, The Whole Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, Robert Leighton, page 430:
text: The only reference in these laws to religion is the 58th: “De incendio Ecclesiae sive homicidiis clericorum,” which enacts that the burning or exspoliation of a church shall be compensated by a fine of two hundred sols.
ref: 1868, Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, Proceedings - Volume 22, page 93:
text: Fontenay wrote in stronger terms: " The most revolting abuse is the miserable exspoliation of the commendatory abbeys."
ref: 1870, Sabine Baring Gould, In exitu Israel - Volume 1, page 212:
text: The exspoliation of the indigenous population of Palestine at the hands of Zionists, with an obvious reliance on the biblical narrative, appears to leave the Academy untouched.
ref: 2003, Thomas L. Thompson, Jerusalem in Ancient History and Tradition, page 38:
glosses: Spoliation.
exspoliations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exspoliation
unberth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unberths
form: unberthing
form: unberthed
form: unberthed
Etymology: From un- + berth.
Senses: glosses: To bring (a ship etc.) out of its berth.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To bring (a ship etc.) out of its berth.
To remove a spaceship from a dock/berth/mount/mooring with the assistance of a device that moves the spaceship away from its fixed location.
Coordinate terms: undock
unmoor
Derived terms: unberthing
unberthed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unberth
unberthing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unberth + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unberth
unberthing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unberthings
Etymology: From unberth + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The process by which something is unberthed; removal from a berth.
Coordinate terms: undocking
potiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potiche
poulardes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poularde
stereotypist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereotypists
Etymology: From stereotype + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry.
Synonyms: stereotyper
stereotypists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stereotypist
audio commentary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: audio commentaries
Senses: examples: text: According to the audio commentary on “Treehouse of Horror III”, some of the creative folks at The Simpsons were concerned that the “Treehouse of Horror” franchise had outworn its welcome and was rapidly running out of classic horror or science-fiction fodder to spoof.
ref: 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: An audio track on a video recording, timed to the footage of a film, that typically consists of one or more people commenting about the film being shown.
something like
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: And it’s daunting because each segment has to tell a full, complete story in something like six minutes while doing justice to revered source material and including the non-stop laughs and genius gags that characterized The Simpsons in its god-like prime.
ref: 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: approximately
something like
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: When they had done, she gave Ashiepattle a whistle, and told him how to use it. If he blew into the one end of it, everything which he wished far away would be scattered to all sides, but if he blew into the other end it would all come together again; and if the whistle were lost or was taken from him, he had only to wish for it and it would come back to him. That is something like a whistle, thought Ashiepattle.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 173:
text: "I say!" exclaimed Scrubb. "That's something like! Think of sleeping in a bed again."
ref: 1953, C. S. Lewis, The Silver Chair:
glosses: A fine example or specimen of something.
Related terms: more like it
something like that
framing device
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: framing devices
Senses: examples: text: The attack sequence dissolves to the present, back to the circus sideshow of the first reel and the curious onlookers, awaiting a glimpse of the creature in the pit, the framing device all but forgotten during the past seventy minutes of full immersion in freakdom.
ref: 1999, Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 317:
text: “Treehouse Of Horror III”’s framing device finds the good folks of Springfield telling stories during a Halloween party.
ref: 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: There’s a framing device in which we see an elderly Rafiki telling the story to Kiara (Blue Ivy Carter), the young daughter of Lion King protagonist Simba
ref: 2024 December 18, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Disney's taxidermized IP is brighter and livelier in Mufasa: The Lion King”, in AV Club:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: An introductory or main narrative that provides a framework for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.
jet off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jets off
form: jetting off
form: jetted off
form: jetted off
Senses: examples: text: By then the summer surge was already dwindling, as travellers switched to the roads or jetted off to beach resorts abroad.
ref: 2025 July 9, Richard Foster, “Summer specials and holiday hotspots”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 60:
glosses: To go by airplane to a destination.
examples: text: “Clown Without Pity,” as the segment is called, opens with Homer forgetting Bart’s birthday and jetting off at the last minute (or rather considerably after the last minute) to pick him up a present.
ref: 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: To depart hurriedly.
turbite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turbites
Etymology: Turbo + -ite
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A fossil sea snail of the genus Turbo.
turbites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turbite
vetigastropod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vetigastropods
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the subclass Vetigastropoda of sea snails.
vetigastropods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vetigastropod
quick buck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Stan Myles adds that the Griffiths are still among us, too—still grinding out their fears and fantasies in the guise of “relevant” flicks, most of which turn out to be variations on the same old theme […] writers still churn out quick-buck distortions of the truth; but issues are avoided like the plague; white filmster—in a frenzy of self-abasement, perhaps—have succeeded only in being more subtle instead of less racist; and even some black filmsters—in a rush for questionable glory—have created one-dimensional portraits of their people.
ref: 1972 May, B. J. Mason, “Black Cinema Expo ’72”, in Ebony, volume 27, number 7, page 160:
text: Mr. Burns is similarly perfectly cast as a heartless capitalist willing to do anything for a quick buck, even if it means endangering the lives of those around him and Marge elegantly rounds out the main cast as a good, pure-hearted and overly indulgent woman who sees the big, good heart (literally and metaphorically) of a monstrous man-brute.
ref: 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: Seen in full, the coin illustrates what watchdogs have long understood: Many untruths that Americans encounter online aren’t created by foreign actors trying to sow division. They simply exist to help someone, somewhere, make a quick buck.
ref: 2022 January 28, Stuart A. Thompson, “How Trump Coins Became an Internet Sensation”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Tom Dans, Trump’s former Arctic commissioner and an investor, said while there is not a “quick buck” to be made – mining, he says, is a long-term business – it is an “exciting time” for Greenland.
ref: 2025 March 8, Miranda Bryant, quoting Tom Dans, “‘It’s very unpredictable’: divided Greenland prepares to vote amid Trump-inspired existential crisis”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
synonyms: easy money
fast buck
fast money
glosses: A large sum of money earned easily and quickly.
Related terms: cash grab
-riffic
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Probably a rebracketing of terrific. Used in the 1950s to form trademarks and words used in advertising.
Senses: examples: text: ... he remained in the "swank" II Redentore Suite of the "exclusive" L'Elegance whenever he and "curvaceous starlet" Geni What- everhernamewas "(40-20-35)" were not being a "two-riffic twosome" at some "plush nitery."
ref: 1966, Patrick Dennis, Tony:
text: Put them in a gift bag with the note, "You're a tea-riffic boss," or, "As bosses go, you suit us to a tea!"
ref: 2003, Robyn Freedman Spizman, The Giftionary: An A-Z Reference Guide ..., page 90:
text: Like Pip, I too have great expectations, or as Sinatra would say, high hopes, although it's hard to keep them in mind when your job requires you to say things like "Would you care for one of our chick-a-riffic side dishes?"
ref: 2004, Marc Acito, How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater, Random House, →ISBN, page 104:
text: How can university professors turn computer curmudgeons into techno-riffic teachers?
ref: 2005, Jacqueline Hansen, “Training Techno-riffic Teachers”, in M. O. Thirunarayanan, Aixa Pérez-Prado, editors, Integrating Technology In Higher Education, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 275:
text: Now birdbaths can be as fun and lively as you like, suited to any style and budget, and super-simple or gizmo-riffic.
ref: 2008, Deborah L. Martin, Best-Ever Backyard Birding Tips, Rodale, →ISBN, page 177:
text: It really was pimp-a-riffic. Straight out of a vintage porno, I swear to God.
ref: 2011, Cherie Priest, Hellbent, Random House, →ISBN, page 106:
text: Moo-riffic Milk Sure, kids love milk, but at snacktime, try jazzing up the plain stuff with fruit, cocoa, and other fun flavors.
ref: 2012, Dana Points et al., editors, Parents® Quick & Easy Kid-Friendly Meals, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 182:
text: Thankfully, King Homer, like non-King Homer, has an angel named Marge to save him from himself and his rages. In an agreeably perverse resolution, “King Homer” ends with King Homer marrying Marge in a ceremony that brings together the species in a bestiality-riffic ending.
ref: 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, review of the Simpsons episode “Treehouse of Horror III”, in The A.V. Club
glosses: Used to form intensified adjectives from nouns and adjectives.
Synonyms: -tacular
-tastic
-licious
pseudofilaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌs(j)uː.dəʊ.fɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/
ipa: /ˌsu.doʊ.fəˈlɛɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Forms: form: pseudofilariae
Etymology: From pseudo- + filaria.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain gregarines.
pseudofilariae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudofilaria
cichoraceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cichoraceous
form: most cichoraceous
Etymology: Cichoraceae + -ous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging to the former order of composite plants Cichorieae, roughly corresponding to modern-day tribe Cichorieae.
priorate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪəɹət/
Forms: form: priorates
Etymology: From Medieval Latin priōrātus. By surface analysis, prior + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it). Compare French priorat.
Senses: examples: text: bishop there during Godfrey's priorate
ref: 1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry:
synonyms: prioracy
priorship
coordinate_terms: abbacy
curacy
glosses: The dignity, office, or government of a prior.
priorates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of priorate
succinamic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An acid amide derivative of succinic acid.
homoeomorphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homoeomorphous
form: most homoeomorphous
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of homeomorphous.
apple-squire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple-squires
Senses: examples: text: With all my heart, Ile be legitimate and ſilent as an apple-ſquire, Ile ſee nothing, and ſay nothing.
ref: c. 1597, Ben. Jonson, A Pleasant Comedy, Called: The Case is Alterd. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Bartholomew Sutton, and William Barrenger, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
glosses: A male servant of a prostitute.
apple-squires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple-squire
Brahmo Samaj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brahmo Somaj
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali ব্রাহ্মসমাজ (brahmośomaj, literally “a community that worships Brahma, the highest reality”).
Senses: glosses: The societal component of Brahmoism.
wikipedia: Brahman
Brahmoism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bengali ব্রাহ্ম (brahmo) + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A religious movement of Bengal in the late 18th century.
Related terms: Brahmo Samaj
Brahmo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brahmos
form: Brahmoes
Senses: glosses: An adherent of the Brahmoism religion.
Brahmos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brahmo
Brahmoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brahmo
pedophilias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedophilia
American Spanish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Any of the varieties of Spanish used in the Americas.
glosses: Any of the varieties of Spanish used in the United States.
Related terms: California Spanish
Newyorican
Florida Spanish
Mexican Spanish
mare's nests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mare's nest
Pythagoreans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pythagorean
in train
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Choiseul's dismissal threw Paris into a spin, not least because a major political crisis was already in train.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 278:
text: At least the cost reviews were bearing some fruit. BREL and Mechanical Engineering Department charges had been cut by £47m, the only pity being the savings had been put in train so late in the day.
ref: 2020 January 2, David Clough, “How InterCity came back from the brink”, in Rail, page 69:
glosses: In progress, underway.
Xiaomin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 晓敏 (Xiǎomǐn), probably originally 小敏 (Xiǎomǐn), diminutive of 敏 (Mǐn).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Mandarin.
liquid natural gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of liquefied natural gas.
liquified natural gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of liquefied natural gas.
aristocratization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aristocratisation
Etymology: From aristocratize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The political dinosaurs of earlier periods had died or (like Choiseul) been exiled, and the growing aristocratization of government clearly suited him.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 286:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The fact or process of becoming aristocratic.
aristocratisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aristocrat + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aristocratization.
absorption nebula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: absorption nebulas
form: absorption nebulae
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A dark nebula; a diffuse mass of interstellar gas and dust that absorbs all incident radiation without reemission.
absorption nebulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: plural of absorption nebula
absorption nebulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: plural of absorption nebula
absorption spectra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: plural of absorption spectrum
Bhagavata Purana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Bhagavata Purana
Etymology: From Sanskrit भागवत (bhāgavata) + पुराण (purāṇá, “stories of ancient times told in a new manner”).
Senses: glosses: One of the Hindu Puranas, with its primary focus on the incarnations of Vishnu, particularly Krishna.
Synonyms: Bhāgavata
Riksdag
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪksdɑːɡ/
ipa: /ˈɹɪksdaɡ/
ipa: /ˈɹiːksdɑːɡ/
ipa: /ˈɹiːksdaɡ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish riksdag.
Senses: examples: text: The bloodless royalist coup d'état performed against his Riksdag by enlightened ruler Gustavus III of Sweden in August 1772 gave credence to the idea of a European wave of reaction against the excesses of representative government.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 288:
glosses: The Swedish parliament.
Ramayana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ramayana
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit रामायण (rāmāyaṇa). Doublet of Ramin.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An ancient Sanskrit epic of Indian mythology about the legendary king Rāma.
wikipedia: Ramayana
Derived terms: Ramayana monkey chant
absorptional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From absorption + -al.
Senses: examples: text: It is, too, in this manner explicable why great bodily exertion is inimical to corpulence; the waste exceeds the amount of renovating materials supplied by the ingesta; hence, increased activity of absorptional function […]
ref: 1885, John Richard Wardell, Contributions to pathology and the practice of medicine:
glosses: Relating to absorption.
Guernseymen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Guernseyman
unsleazy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsleazy
form: most unsleazy
Etymology: From un- + sleazy.
Senses: glosses: Not sleazy.
unslipped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + slipped.
Senses: topics: ceramics
chemistry
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Not prepared with slip (mix of clay and water).
unslipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unslip