cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bamfoozled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bamfoozle
botflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botfly
bronzy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɒnzi/
ipa: /ˈbɹɑnzi/
rhymes: -ɒnzi
Forms: form: bronzier
form: bronziest
Etymology: From bronze + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Her bronzy tan spoke of hours spent in the sun.
text: Her skin had a bronzy polish under the pale dusting powder.
ref: 1963, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, Faber and Faber:
glosses: Approximately bronze-colored.
Synonyms: bronzish
Coordinate terms: brassish
brassy
Derived terms: bronziness
cartelizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cartelize
cartelizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cartelize
efferent duct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: efferent ducts
Etymology: efferent + duct
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A structure connecting the rete testis with the initial section of the epididymis.
Synonyms: vas efferens
cartelized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cartelize
efferent ducts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of efferent duct
cartelization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cartelizations
Etymology: From cartel + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act of cartelizing.
cartelizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cartelization
caudices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caudex
cogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cog
cogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coggings
Senses: glosses: gerund of cog, the tendency of some electric motors to snap preferentially to certain positions when not energized
cogged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: containing cogs
Derived terms: uncogged
cogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cog
coleopterans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coleopteran
confraternities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confraternity
couscouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of couscous
creosotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creosote
creosotes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of creosote
cryoprotects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cryoprotect
cryoprotecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cryoprotect
widebodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of widebody
wigmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wigmaker
werefoxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of werefox
weatherpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weatherpersons
Senses: glosses: plural of weatherperson
weatherpersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weatherpeople
Senses: glosses: plural of weatherperson
warrioresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warrioress
vitrectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vitrectomy
unitizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unitize
unitizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unitize
unitized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unitize
unlawfulnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unlawfulness
unseams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unseam
unseaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unseam
unseamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unseam
unseamed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not seamed.
unpauses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unpause
unpausing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unpause
unpausing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: nonpausing
glosses: That does not pause; ceaseless, pauseless.
Derived terms: unpausingly
I'm rubber, you're glue
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: I am rubber, you are glue
form: I'm rubber and you're glue
Etymology: Likely from a longer phrase, "I'm rubber, you're glue; whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you".
Senses: examples: text: “You’re nothing but a — a cheat,” Florence said.
“I’m rubber, you’re glue, everything you say sticks right back to you,” John said calmly, complete master with all the answers.
ref: 1948, Daniel Curley, “A Deal in Cards”, in The Atlantic Magazine, volume 181, Atlantic Monthly Co., page 61:
text: Few anticommunist accusations are more trite than that Marxism is a religion, the Manifesto a religious tract and Marx himself[…] a ‘religious eschatologist’. At a banal level, to many of the accusers can be said in retort: I am rubber, you are glue.
ref: 2022, China Miéville, chapter 6, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC:
text: And in the 2016 campaign, Mr. Trump applied the “I’m rubber, you’re glue” approach to a wide range of vulnerabilities.
ref: 2024 January 10, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, “One of Trump’s Oldest Tactics in Business and Politics: I’m Rubber. You’re Glue.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Countering an attack on one's character.
Related terms: I know you are but what am I
unpaused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unpause
cloneable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: clonable
Etymology: From clone + -able.
Senses: topics: biology
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Able to be cloned.
ORNL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
wikipedia: High Flux Isotope Reactor
tea cozy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea cozies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tea cosy.
open time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open times
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: The period of time after an adhesive has been applied and allowed to dry, during which an effective bond can be achieved by joining the two surfaces.
open valley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open valleys
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: a method of valley construction in which the steep-slope roofing on both sides are trimmed along each side of the valley, exposing the metal valley flashing.
miter joints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miter joint
transaction utilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transaction utility
proselyter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proselyters
Etymology: From proselyte + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who proselytes; a proselytizer.
proselytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proselytic
form: most proselytic
Etymology: From proselyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to proselytism.
backstitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backstitch
backstitches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of backstitch
chervils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chervil
childbeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of childbed
luchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali লুচি (luci).
Senses: examples: text: My favorite childhood bread was not roti, though; it was luchi—deep fried and puffy, warm and fresh, and simply amazing when rolled up with sugar.
ref: 2013, Nina Mukerjee Furstenau, Biting Through the Skin: An Indian Kitchen in America's Heartland:
glosses: A kind of Indian deep-fried flatbread made from maida flour.
suco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sucos
Senses: glosses: A village in East Timor.
liminality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liminalities
Etymology: From liminal + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Slowly, the term reveals itself as an expression of fundamental tensions and deep structural antinomies: between the sacred and the profane, purity and impurity, morality and immorality, cleanliness and dirt. In conjoining such primal opposites into a single category, white trash names a kind of disturbing liminality: a monstrous, transgressive identity of mutually violating boundary terms, a dangerous threshold state of being neither one nor the other.
ref: 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 2:
glosses: The fact of being on the border of, or in between, two states.
examples: text: The second way Novalis seeks to repotentize his thought is by striving to evoke feelings conducive to liminality.
ref: 1998, Joseph Frederick Bailey, Theorizing night vision: Novalis's "Hymnen an die Nacht.", page 209:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
philosophy
psychology
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The state or quality of ambiguity which exists in the middle stage of certain events or rituals (such as a rite of passage or a society-wide revolution), during which the participating individual or group no longer holds its pre-ritual status but has not yet attained the status it will hold when the ritual has been completed.
strobilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strobilations
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of asexual reproduction by division into body segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfish
clancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clancy
comovements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comovement
compliances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compliance
constating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of constate
Derived terms: constating document
lulzy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lulzier
form: lulziest
Etymology: From lulz + -y.
Senses: glosses: Engendering lulz; comical, amusing, especially in terms of schadenfreude.
Derived terms: lulziness
Usenetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Usenetters
form: Useneter
Etymology: From Usenet + -er.
Senses: examples: text: For example, if a user wants to create a new group he could first consult the active list and its comments to find a relevent^([sic]) group. Of course, a more experienced UseNetter would only wish to peruse subsets such as "net.all" or "fa.all".
ref: 1982 January 19, Scott Kramer, “net.micro”, in net.news.group (Usenet):
glosses: A user of Usenet.
Synonyms: Usenetian
Usenetite
Usenetizen
Usenetters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Usenetter
overloadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From overload + -able.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: That can be overloaded.
lulzier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lulzy: more lulzy
lulziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lulzy: most lulzy
scorelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From scoreless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a scoreless way.
scornless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scornless
form: most scornless
Etymology: From scorn + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without scorn.
unchallengingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unchallengingly
form: most unchallengingly
Etymology: From unchallenging + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unchallenging way; without challenge or difficulty.
Synonyms: easily
trivially
unchallengedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unchallengedly
form: most unchallengedly
Etymology: From unchallenged + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unchallenged way.
glitterier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of glittery: more glittery
glitteriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of glittery: most glittery
interlingually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From interlingual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an interlingual way.
CP/M
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation of Control Program/Monitor, later explained as Control Program for Microcomputers.
Senses: examples: text: The CP/M system includes a powerful editor, an assembler, and a debugger. The user may purchase from Digital Research or the CP/M user's group such additional support utilities as a macro-assembler, symbolic debugger, […]
ref: 1981, Carl Townsend, How to Get Started with CP/M, Dilithium Press, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: DOS
glosses: An early 8-bit operating system.
wikipedia: CP/M
Derived terms: CP/Mer
sociohistories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sociohistory
CP/Mer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CP/Mers
Etymology: From CP/M + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The best advice to Apple CP/Mers is, "Enjoy — but don't try to change too much."
ref: 1983, Thomas A Dwyer, Margot Critchfield, CP/M and the personal computer
text: Could you do me, and perhaps other CP/Mers, a favor and supply a few contact points for the First Osborne Group.
ref: 1985, Personal Computing
text: For a while, resellers such as Lifeboat Systems in New York City did a nice business simply supplying CP/Mers with the software of their choice on floppies...
ref: 2006, Merrill R Chapman, In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High-tech Marketing Disasters:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A user of CP/M.
CP/Mers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CP/Mer
interchangeabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interchangeability
twatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of twat
twatting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: When are they going to fix that twatting coffee machine?
glosses: damned; blasted; contemptible
twatty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: twattier
form: twattiest
Etymology: From twat + -y.
Senses: glosses: Like a twat; foolish, objectionable.
interrogatability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From interrogate + -ability.
Senses: synonyms: interrogability
glosses: The state or condition of being interrogable.
askability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ask + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being askable.
askable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ask + -able.
Senses: examples: an askable question
glosses: Capable of being stated as a question.
examples: an askable person
glosses: Capable of being consulted for an answer.
Synonyms: sense: capable of being consulted
word: consultable
sense: capable of being consulted
word: interrogable
sense: capable of being consulted
word: queryable
Derived terms: unaskable
interrogable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That can be interrogated; that can respond to a query.
Synonyms: askable
queryable
Derived terms: uninterrogable
Related terms: interrogatee
interrogability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪnˌtɛɹəɡəˈbɪlɪti/
Senses: glosses: Interrogatability.
interrogatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From interrogate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Interrogable.
Arabianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Arabian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Arabian.
turquoisy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more turquoisy
form: most turquoisy
Senses: examples: text: In honor of us navy folks, the room was swathed in a turquoisy blue that Verity had designated the caste color of Homo sapiens.
ref: 2014, James Alan Gardner, Hunted:
glosses: Alternative spelling of turquoisey.
turquoisey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more turquoisey
form: most turquoisey
Etymology: From turquoise + -y.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat turquoise.
Synonyms: bluish
supertree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supertrees
Etymology: From super- + tree.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A tree that contains another tree.
Related terms: subtree
supertrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supertree
somniferously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more somniferously
form: most somniferously
Etymology: From somniferous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: While, leaders of the wheat, a row / Of Poppies, gaudily declaiming, / Like Counsellor O'Bric and Co., / Stand forth, somniferously flaming!
ref: 1827, Thomas Moore, “Corn and Catholics”, in The poetical works of Thomas Moore:
text: Shortly afterwards the effects of exertion and the glass combined operated so somniferously on the upper works of Scroggy, that he laid down his head and went to sleep.
ref: 1906, Henry Downes Miles, Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists:
text: Of the writers in their late forties or their fifties, some go on rather somniferously bringing out just the same kind of books that they were writing with more energy twenty years ago; and others, who have practised an intenser art and seemed to promise self-renewal, are in a state of suspended animation.
ref: 1944 February 24, Edmund Wilson, “Thoughts on being bibliographied”, in Princeton University Library Chronicle:
glosses: In a somniferous way.
Blytonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /blaɪˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /blaɪˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Blytonian
form: most Blytonian
Etymology: From Blyton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Enid Blyton (1897–1968), British children's writer, or her works.
Related terms: Blytonesque
Blytonesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Blytonesque
form: most Blytonesque
Etymology: From Blyton + -esque.
Senses: glosses: In the style of Enid Blyton (1897–1968), British children's writer, whose works are characterised by harmless mysteries investigated by wholesome children.
Related terms: Blytonian
imbition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imbitions
Senses: examples: text: The drinker was urged to confine his imbitions to wine and beer. But this policy was condemned as undemocratic […]
ref: 1955, Willis Frederick Dunbar, Michigan Through the Centuries, volume 1, page 269:
glosses: The act of imbibing or drinking.
glosses: The taking up of fluid from the environment.
imbitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imbition
goddesslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more goddesslike
form: most goddesslike
Etymology: From goddess + -like.
Senses: glosses: Like a goddess.
Synonyms: godlike
gungier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gungy: more gungy
gungiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gungy: most gungy
gunkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gunky: more gunky
gunkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gunky: most gunky
punkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of punky: more punky
punkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of punky: most punky
bathythermograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bathythermographs
Etymology: From bathy- + thermograph or bathy- + thermo- + -graph.
Senses: examples: text: The bathythermograph, an instrument we use to measure the temperature of the sea water, went out of commission.
ref: 1959, William R. Anderson, with Clay Blair Jr., Nautilus 90 North, World Publishing Company, page 71:
glosses: A small torpedo-shaped device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in hydrostatic pressure.
Related terms: bathometer
thermometer
thermograph
bathythermographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bathythermograph
moorable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From moor + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be moored.
anchorlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anchorlike
form: most anchorlike
Etymology: From anchor + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling an anchor.
unanchorable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + anchorable.
Senses: glosses: Not anchorable; that cannot be anchored.
morris dancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morris dancers
form: morris-dancer
Senses: glosses: One who morris dances.
Synonyms: word: Morisco
morris dancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morris dancer
unminted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + minted.
Senses: glosses: Not minted.
mintable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mint + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be minted.
queenlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of queenly: more queenly
queenliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of queenly: most queenly
fruit machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fruit machine
nonabstract
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + abstract.
Senses: glosses: Not abstract.
nonclass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + class.
Senses: glosses: Not a class, or not belonging to a class.
nonclass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonclasses
Etymology: From non- + class.
Senses: glosses: Something other than a class.
noninterface
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + interface.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Not an interface, or not belonging or relating to one.
interfacially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From interfacial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an interfacial way.
squidlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more squidlike
form: most squidlike
Etymology: From squid + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a squid.
typelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From typeless + -ness.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The state or condition of being typeless; lack of fixed data types.
astronavigator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astronavigators
Etymology: From astro- + navigator.
Senses: glosses: One who performs astronavigation; an astronaut or space pilot.
Synonyms: astrogator
astronavigators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astronavigator
repletes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of replete
repletes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of replete
Jiangmen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɑŋ.mɛn/
Forms: form: Chiang-men
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江門 /江门 (Jiāngmén, literally “River Gate”), after its location at the mouth of the Xi or West River.
Senses: examples: text: Recently, the largest high voltage electric power transmission line has been installed from Maoming to Chiangmen.[…]It is through this high voltage power line that the Maoming Thermoelectric Power Plant supplies the Pearl River Delta with a continuous flow of strong electric current. At the terminal of the line, Chiangmen City, a 220,000 volt transformer unit has been built to lower the voltage of this strong current for local users.
ref: [1979 May 9 [1978 May], “Topography of Kwangtung”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 519, United States Joint Publications Research Service, translation of Kuang-tung Ti-chih. Hong Kong, T'ien-ti Books, Ltd. by Ch'en Cheng-hsiang [7115 2973 4382] [陳正祥] (in Chinese), →OCLC, page 62:
english: 陳正祥
translation: 陳正祥
text: In the Internet age, in which the Chinese public is becoming increasingly vocal about their rights and mobilizing on social networks, popular protests like the demonstrations in the city of Jiangmen against the processing plant suggest a wider backlash against nuclear power.[…]
The uranium processing project in Jiangmen, near Hong Kong, was supposed to supply fuel to existing and future power plants in Guangdong, a major Chinese industrial powerhouse and a center of nuclear energy expansion.
ref: 2013 July 18, Charlie Zhu, David Stanway, Grace Li, Lavinia Mo, “Public trust crisis threatens China's nuclear power ambitions”, in David Lague, Alex Richardson, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2022, Environment:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Cantonese
word: Kongmoon
word: Kong Moon
word: Kiangmoon
Hangzhou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɑŋˈd͡ʒoʊ/
enpr: hängʹjōʹ
Forms: form: Hangchow
form: Hangchou
form: Hang-chou
form: Hang-chau
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 杭州 (Hángzhōu), from its former role as the seat of Hang Prefecture (also 杭州 (Hángzhōu)), folk etymologized as a reference to King Yu's ferry over the Qiantang on his way to Shaoxing but more likely a transliteration of an earlier Baiyue placename.
Senses: examples: text: In the Province of Chekiang, near the chief City of Hangcheu, runs a River, which in regard of its courſe, is called ſometimes Che, at other times Cientang, and in ſome places Cingan.
ref: [1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 238:
text: Tibetan colors and gilding are frequently mentioned in Chinese texts, and several monuments survive northwest of Beijing and in Hangzhou in southeast China that were designed by Tibetan monks and were very likely built and carved by both Tibetan and Chinese artists.
ref: 1983, Pratapaditya Pal, Art of Tibet, →ISBN, page 30:
text: A former imperial capital famed for its West Lake and surrounding temples, Hangzhou has lately grown famous as the hometown of internet commerce giant Alibaba.
ref: 2021 August 22, “Top official in eastern China’s Hangzhou under investigation”, in AP News, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2021:
text: China’s outbreaks and the ensuing restrictions have led to a number of events being canceled or postponed, most recently the Asian Games originally scheduled for September in the city of Hangzhou, 177 kilometers (110 miles) west of Shanghai.
ref: 2022 May 13, “Shanghai will try to ease 7-week virus lockdown in few days”, in AP News, archived from the original on 13 May 2022:
glosses: A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Zhejiang, in eastern China; a former imperial capital.
glosses: The adjacent bay of the East China Sea, separating Shanghai from Ningbo.
Synonyms: word: Lin'an
word: Qiantang
word: Wulin
C♯
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: C-sharp.
Synonyms: Do Dièse
ungula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ungulae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ungula (“claw, hoof”), from unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”).
Senses: glosses: A hoof, claw, or talon.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A section of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of unguis.
glosses: A surgical instrument for use in removing a dead fetus.
susurrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more susurrant
form: most susurrant
Etymology: From Latin susurrans, p.pr. of susurrare (“to whisper”).
Senses: examples: text: She could make out susurrant voices behind the door.
glosses: Murmured, soft.
raw_tags: of speech or sound
limus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limu
herbal medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herbal medicines
Senses: glosses: An herbal drug or similar preparation.
hypernyms: herbalism
glosses: The practice of using herbs to treat medical conditions, especially as part of traditional medicine.
Related terms: folk medicine
herbal tea
medicinal
blimp out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blimps out
form: blimping out
form: blimped out
form: blimped out
Senses: examples: text: I'd get my weight down for the event, then blimp out to where I couldn't fit into Orson Welles' cape.
ref: 1994 January 25, Erma Bombeck, “Being in front of the camera provides motivation to diet”, in Kingman Daily Miner, USA, retrieved 02 Apr 2009, page 5:
text: Now that I am exercising regularly, I can pig out without blimping out.
ref: 2008 July 8, Adam Brophy, “Treating the kids to a tasty dish of . . . er, nuggets and chips”, in IrishTimes.com, retrieved 02 Apr 2009:
synonyms: blimp up
pork out
glosses: To become fat or fatter, especially as a result of excessive eating.
aucuba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aucubas
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Aucuba.
Senses: glosses: Any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba.
tricuspid valves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tricuspid valve
pronunciamientos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronunciamiento
picaduras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picadura.
superficies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsuː.pəˈfɪʃ.i.iːz/
ipa: /ˌsu.pɚˈfɪˌʃiz/
ipa: /ˌsu.pɚˈfɪʃ.iˌiz/
Forms: form: superficies
Etymology: Borrowing from Latin superficiēs (“top, surface”), from super- (“above, over”) + faciēs (“form, configuration, shape”). Doublet of surface.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid.
The area of a two-dimensional surface.
examples: text: The Superficies was compoſed of ſeveral bits of Wood, about the bigneſs of a Dye, but ſome larger than others.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Permitted to See the Grand Academy of Lagado. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 72:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid.
The visible, external surface of a body.
examples: text: An immense metropolis, like London, is calculated to make men selfish and uninteresting. … They present but the cold superficies of character—its rich and genial qualities have no time to be warmed into a flow.
ref: 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Rural Life in England:
glosses: The surface (of something immaterial, especially of the mind or soul).
topics: law
glosses: A building intimately associated with the land on which it is built.
Related terms: superficial
superficiary
Fukuoka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfukuˈoʊkə/
Forms: form: Fukuokas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 福(ふく)岡(おか) (Fukuoka).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
glosses: A prefecture in northern Kyushu, Japan.
glosses: A surname from Japanese.
yutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yute
violences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of violence
violences
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of violence
goes postal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go postal
went postal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go postal
gone postal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go postal
white rabbit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: A phrase said, before saying anything else, on the first day of the month in order to bring good luck.
white rabbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white rabbits
Senses: glosses: Someone or something which moves rapidly or hurriedly from place to place.
acellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + cellular.
Senses: examples: text: Acellular background is that which is still present when the cells are removed from the microscope.
ref: 1999 — Shore SL, Bolsover S (1999). "Understanding Maps of Physiological Cell Signals". In Mason WT. Fluorescent and Luminescent Probes for Biological Activity. Biological Techniques Series (2nd ed.). London: Academic Press. p. 100. ISBN 9780080531779. — via Google Books (Preview)
text: 1985 — Meyer, David B. (1985). Laboratory Guide for Human Histology. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. p. 28. ISBN 9780814318010 – via Google Books (Preview).
The superficial portion of this epithelium is acellular and consists of thin, keratinized fibrous plates which have become artifactually detached during slide preparation (Plate 59, p. 361).
glosses: Not composed of cells; not cellular
glosses: Especially of protists: consisting of only one complex cell.
Derived terms: acellularization
acellularize
front-wheel drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Engine layout in motor vehicles where only the front wheels are driven.
Related terms: four-wheel drive
adrenoceptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adrenoceptor
adrenoceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adrenoceptors
Etymology: From adreno- + ceptor.
Senses: glosses: adrenergic receptor
aetiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aetiological
form: most aetiological
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of etiological.
Derived terms: aetiologically
Related terms: aetiology
afterload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afterloads
Etymology: From after- + load.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The load on a working muscle from a constant opposing force
aggregability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aggregabilities
Etymology: From aggregable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: A tendency to aggregate (especially of blood platelets)
Derived terms: hyperaggregability
albuminuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: albuminurias
Etymology: From albumin + -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of albumin in the urine, often a symptom of renal disease
Derived terms: albuminurophobia
hyperalbuminuria
hypoalbuminuria
macroalbuminuria
microalbuminuria
normoalbuminuria
Related terms: proteinuria
allotransplantation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allotransplantations
Etymology: From allo- + transplantation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: transplantation of organs or tissues between genetically different individuals of the same species
Related terms: allotransplant
Saitama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 埼玉(さいたま) (Saitama).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
glosses: A prefecture of Japan.
whore's paint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔɹzˌpeɪnt/
Forms: form: whore paint
form: whore-paint
Etymology: * whore + -'s + paint
Senses: examples: text: See — there is rouge and whore's paint on thy white starched and pleated shirt!
ref: 1960, Pietro Di Donato, Three Circles of Light, Messner, page 238:
text: 'Twas the whore's paint that fooled me, thought Tom. She's no more than twenty-two [...]
ref: 1983, Cathy Cash Spellman, So Many Partings, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 164:
text: I will not have that . . . that whore's paint on my face!"
ref: 1991, Jane Feather, The Eagle and the Dove, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 48:
glosses: Excessive, gaudy, or tasteless makeup.
Sendai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 仙台(せんだい) (Sendai).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, in northern Honshu, Japan.
Chiba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chibas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 千(ち)葉(ば) (Chiba).
Senses: glosses: A prefecture of Japan.
glosses: The capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Niigata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 新潟(にいがた) (Nīgata).
Senses: glosses: A prefecture of Japan.
glosses: The capital city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Derived terms: niigataite
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in the far East of Russia, administrative centre of Kamchatka kray, also called Petropavlovsk
Synonyms: english: also the name of other places, notably a city in Kazakhstan
translation: also the name of other places, notably a city in Kazakhstan
word: Petropavlovsk
Lilias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lillias
Etymology: First recorded in 16th-century Scotland, a variant of Lilian or possibly from the Spanish Liliosa, name of a 9th-century saint, both ultimately from Late Latin lilium (“lily”).
Senses: examples: text: "Poor little thing! She is very wee and frail, isn't she? Only two months old. We came away from the north, as soon as I was able to travel. She is called Lily."
I remembered Horace having once told me that his mother's name had been Lilias.
ref: 1864, Frances Eleanor Trollope, The Tale of Aunt Margaret's Trouble, in All the Year Round, Aug 11th, 1866, page 100
text: "Lilias! Lilias!" he answered. "Lilias! Where are you?"
"In the garden," it came back like a sound from a golden flute.
ref: 1909, Frances Hodgson Burnett, chapter XXVII, in The Secret Garden:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
Lillias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin, alternative spelling of Lilias.
Linnet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From linnet (“a type of bird”).
Senses: examples: text: Lindy herself hated the name Lindy. She said it sounded like a girl in pink gingham. At the beginning of this school year she'd started making all the teachers address her by her full name, Linnet. (She'd been named for an English bird that a soldier had mentioned to their mother during the war.) At first Karen had tried to call her that too, but it had felt so unnatural that she'd gradually given it up.
ref: 2004, Anne Tyler, The Amateur Marriage, →ISBN, page 105:
glosses: A female given name from English, occasionally recorded since the 19th century.
his nibs
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Comes from early 19th century in literature. From the British, it was noticed that "nabs" was in use; from the Dutch was seen "nebs"
Senses: examples: text: Do you know what time His Nibs will be arriving?
glosses: Mock title used to refer to an authoritative, bossy or demanding man.
Coordinate terms: her nibs
your nibs
their nibs
my nibs
Derived terms: nibsome
his nibs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Comes from early 19th century in literature. From the British, it was noticed that "nabs" was in use; from the Dutch was seen "nebs"
Senses: examples: text: Two for his nibs.
synonyms: his heels
qualifier: cribbage
glosses: A jack turned up by the dealer.
Related terms: his nob
Marcial
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Spanish.
Derived terms: San Marcial
kettling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kettlings
Senses: examples: text: These are our young, screaming out in need, meriting not kettling and reprimands, but job prospects and dignity.
ref: 2011 October 12, Gregory Djerejian, “This Ain't No Tea Party: A Conservative Defense of Occupy Wall Street”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A crowd control technique, used by police, where a hostile group of protesters or rioters are surrounded and not allowed to disperse, sometimes with the use of temporary fencing to corral and isolate portions of the group.
glosses: The situation where water gets trapped in the heat exchanger of a boiler (e.g. due to limescale build-up), resulting in knocking sounds as it turns into expanding steam.
kettling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kettle
kettled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kettle
Gubbio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Italian Gubbio.
Senses: glosses: A town in Umbria, Italy.
gje
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gjes
Etymology: Borrowed from Macedonian ѓе (ǵe).
Senses: glosses: The name of the Cyrillic script letter Ѓ / ѓ.
skat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skæt/
rhymes: -æt
homophone: scat
Forms: form: skats
Etymology: Borrowed from German Skat.
Senses: glosses: A trick-taking card game for three players, popular in Germany.
glosses: A widow of two cards in the game of skat.
glosses: Alternate spelling of scat: a brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.
Anmol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hindi अनमोल (anmol, literally “priceless”).
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name from Hindi used in India among the followers of Hinduism, particularly in the northern part of the country.
austenitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more austenitic
form: most austenitic
Etymology: From austenite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or containing austenite
Derived terms: austenitic steel
austenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔstɪnaɪt/
ipa: /ˈɑstɪnaɪt/
ipa: /ˈɒstɪnaɪt/
homophone: Austenite
homophone: austinite
homophone: Austinite
Forms: form: austenites
form: Austenite
Etymology: After William Roberts-Austen (1843-1902).
Senses: glosses: A solid solution of carbon or ferric carbide in iron that exists in steel at high temperatures.
wikipedia: William Chandler Roberts-Austen
Derived terms: austemper
austenitic
austenitize
Related terms: austinite
your servant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: your servants
Etymology: Seemingly from I am your servant.
Senses: glosses: Used as a greeting, especially to a lady.
glosses: Used as a closing of a personal letter.
your servant
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Calque of Biblical Hebrew עַבְדְּךָ (ʿaḇdəḵā) and עַבְדְּכֶם (ʿaḇdəḵem)
Senses: glosses: I, me
raw_tags: in Bible translations
Related terms: thy servant
masonary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of masonry.
leptokurtotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leptokurtotic
form: most leptokurtotic
Etymology: From lepto- + kurtotic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Leptokurtic.
fat-tailed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fat-tailed
form: most fat-tailed
Etymology: From fat + tailed.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Having a fat tail; leptokurtic.
Related terms: fat-tailed dwarf lemur
fat-tailed sheep
heavy tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heavy tails
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Fat tail.
Derived terms: heavy-tailed
heavy tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heavy tail
fat tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fat tail
NRCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Roofing Contractors Association.
heavy-tailed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heavy-tailed
form: most heavy-tailed
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Having a heavy tail; leptokurtic.
Synonyms: fat-tailed
rhaita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhaitas
form: ghaita
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic غَيْطَة (ḡayṭa).
Senses: glosses: A shawm used as a traditional musical instrument in Morocco.
nitrile rubber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrile rubbers
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: a membrane whose predominant resinous ingredient is a synthetic rubber made by polymerization of acrylonitrile with butadiene.
nuclear hydrogen detection meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear hydrogen detection meters
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: A device that contains a radioactive source to emit high velocity neutrons into a roof system. Reflecting neutrons are measured by a gauge that is used to detect hydrogen; the quantity of hydrogen detected may be linked to the pressure of water.
NHD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NHDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of nuclear hydrogen detection meter.
overspray surface texture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: In SPF roofing, a condition of the foam in which the surface shows a linear course textured pattern and/or a pebbled surface. This surface is generally downwind of the sprayed polyurethane path and, if severe, unacceptable for proper coating and protection.
ozone resistance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ability of a material to resist the deteriorating effects of ozone exposure.
pan former
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pan formers
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Power roll forming equipment that produces a metal panel from a flat sheet.