cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
mineralisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mineralisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mineralization.
Derived terms: antimineralisation
demineralisation
hypermineralisation
hypomineralisation
remineralisation
particularise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: particularises
form: particularising
form: particularised
form: particularised
Senses: examples: text: To particularise the railway improvements required by the County of London Plan, 1943, a Committee under the Chairmanship of Professor Sir Charles Inglis was appointed in February, 1944, by the Minister of War Transport.
ref: 1962 October, “The Victoria Line was only part of the plan”, in Modern Railways, page 258:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English spelling of particularize.
Derived terms: unparticularised
pentimal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pent-, by analogy with decimal.
Senses: glosses: Using a base of 5; quinary.
raw_tags: of a positional numeral system
pentimal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentimals
Etymology: From pent-, by analogy with decimal.
Senses: glosses: The abstract numeral system underlying any pentimal numeral system; quinary.
glosses: A numeral as written in such a system; a quinary.
burak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of borak.
ossifragous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Serving to, or able to, break bones; bone-breaking.
othergates
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Here comes Sir Toby halting — you shall hear more; but if he had not been in drink, he would have tickled you othergates than he did.
ref: 1601-1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 5, scene 1:
text: It should seem David's men were othergates men than many
glosses: In another manner.
Related terms: algate
anothergates
at times
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I feel lonely at times, but then somebody phones, or calls round, and I cheer up again.
text: She is popular with passengers as an all-weather vessel, but rather the reverse with yachtsmen as she has at times proved somewhat unwieldy, and certainly takes up a good deal of space in the narrow channels.
ref: 1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:
text: If at times Van Gaal’s players let themselves down with careless concessions of possession, Carver knew his side had been reprieved when, back to goal, Wayne Rooney controlled the ball on his chest, swivelled and dinked a shot wide.
ref: 4 March 2015, Louise Taylor, “Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans spitting row mars Manchester United’s win over Newcastle”, in The Guardian:
text: This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:
synonyms: at turns
in times
occasionally
glosses: On occasion, sometimes.
wet nurses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet nurse
wet nurses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wet nurse
pallescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more pallescent
form: most pallescent
Etymology: From (the present participle stem of) Latin pallēscere (“to become pale”).
Senses: examples: text: [T]he spirit of black melancholy, began to set his seal on her pallescent countenance.
ref: 1818, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 9, in Nightmare Abbey, Hookham, published 1818:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Growing or becoming pale.
geriarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geriarchies
Etymology: Ancient Greek γέρων (gérōn, “old man”) + -archy.
Senses: glosses: Rule by the elderly.
glosses: A society or organization so ruled.
sugilite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901-1948) in 1976.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral with hexagonal crystals, often pink or purple but can have different colors, KNa₂(Fe²⁺,Mn²⁺,Al)₂Li₃Si₁₂O₃₀.
stichtite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stichtites
Etymology: After Robert Sticht (1856-1922), the manager of Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Co. in Australia, in 1910.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral with rhombohedral crystals, often pink or lilac, Mg₆Cr₂CO₃(OH)₁₆·4H₂O.
pandiculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: pandiculations
Etymology: From pandiculate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: If I were a visitor from another planet - but then, am I not a visitor from another planet? - I think that of all the earthlings' quirks it is the act of pandiculation that would surprise and fascinate me most, that slow stretch and then the soundless ape-howl, in which they indulge themselves with such languorous relish.
ref: 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:
glosses: A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy or on waking, often accompanied by yawning.
pandiculations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pandiculation
quops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quop
quopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quop
quopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quop
ragmatical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ragmatical
form: most ragmatical
Senses: glosses: Wild or riotous.
petascale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peta- + scale.
Senses: glosses: A metric for objects on the scale of quadrillions (10¹⁵ or 1,000,000,000,000,000) of elements. Most often used for computer systems; a petascale computer system operates at speeds measured in petaflops and has memory measured in petabytes.
Coordinate terms: gigascale
terascale
jigga-jigga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jigga jigga
Senses: examples: text: [...] working in the coke ovens area with a memorable little Portuguese man whose conversation invariably focused on “jigga jigga” (sexual intercourse) and the intimate exploits of his fellow work mates.
ref: 2006, M.K. Organ, “Brickies: Working life at the Thirroul Brickworks 1972-1983”, in Illawarra Unity-Journal of the Illawarra Branch of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Volume 6, Issue 2 2006 Article 6:
text: She said that even though the door was shut she could hear enough to know that there was jigga-jigga going on. (This is a well-known slang expression among virtually all the Bantu tribes for 'fucking'.)
ref: 2006, David Lee, Nothing Rhymes with Silver 2, page 276:
glosses: Sexual intercourse.
scarcities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarcity
DEW line
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the DEW line
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A system of radar stations in the northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the north coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
DEW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: nuclear warfare
glosses: Acronym of Distant Early Warning.
Related terms: sense: Distant Early Warning
word: DEW line
DEW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DEWs
Senses: hypernyms: energy weapon#Noun
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weapon#Noun
glosses: Initialism of directed-energy weapon.
Related terms: sense: directed energy weapon
word: death ray
sense: directed energy weapon
word: heat ray
sense: directed energy weapon
word: laser
sense: directed energy weapon
word: maser
sense: directed energy weapon
word: ray gun
-to-be
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: Future, later, expectant.
Synonyms: word: later
word: expectant
Derived terms: bride-to-be
corpse-to-be
father-to-be
husband-to-be
mother-to-be
Related terms: cum
-elect
has-been
wannabe
pantries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpæntɹiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of pantry
plausibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plausibility
Einsteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Einstein
iris pigmented epithelium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iris pigmented epithelia
Senses: examples: text: An incision was made around the ora serrata of each eye, and the anterior cornea, lens, capsule, and associated iris pigmented epithelium were removed.
ref: 2003, Gibbs et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 100, number 11, page 6482
glosses: The black colored layer of the iris, located behind the iris.
purse seines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purse seine
Interpol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʔinteɾˈpol/
Etymology: Blend of international + police, a syllabic abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: The International Criminal Police Organization, an international organization facilitating police cooperation.
libration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: librations
Etymology: From Latin lībrātiō (“a hurling, swinging”), from lībrō (“poise, cause to swing”).
Senses: glosses: The act of librating.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces the Earth, allowing observers on Earth to see, over a period of time, slightly more than half of the lunar surface.
glosses: A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body.
qualifier: dynamics
glosses: The oscillation of an angle about a stable equilibrium point.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A vibrational degree of freedom whereby a group of atoms partly rotates back and forth, similar to the Moon's motion.
Derived terms: antilibration
librational
libration point
Related terms: librate
libratory
nutation
tacops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Once developed, the TACOPS section reviews the ATO and SPINS for mission data (routes, A2C2 data).
ref: 2005, William R. Duggan, Coup D'Oeil: Strategic Intuition in Army Planning, page 52:
text: In his next assignment he served as the troop EWO; these duties led to his becoming the brigade EWO and, eventually, the brigade tactical operations (TACOPS) officer.
ref: 2005, W.R. Clemons, The Case for Consolidating Tactical and Operational Systems:
text: "Looks like Navcom is tied into TacOps," Miska said, peering over his shoulder.
ref: 2005, Shaka Ford, Metal Rain, page 45:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of tactical operations.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of tactical organization paperless service support system.
pack mentality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pack mentalities
Senses: glosses: The tendency for groups of individuals to act together without planned direction.
Synonyms: groupthink
herdthink
gang mentality
group mentality
herd mentality
mob mentality
Related terms: deindividuation
pita bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pita breads
form: pita
form: pitta bread
Senses: examples: text: I had falafel in pita bread last week - it was delicious!
glosses: A flat, unleavened pocket bread made from wheat flour; the rounds are cut in half, and may be made into pockets or used with a dip such as taramosalata, hummus or tzatziki.
Chihalis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Chehalis.
Chihalis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Chehalis.
American Indians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of American Indian
whistlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whistler
alloantigens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alloantigen
piobaireachd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The opening theme of a piobaireachd is called the Urlar, or ‘ground’ – the territory on which the whole composition stands.
ref: 2012, Hannah Rosefield, “Piping Up”, in Literary Review, section 401:
glosses: Alternative form of pibroch.
fergusonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fergusonite
geriarchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geriarchy
heart-felt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heart-felt
form: most heart-felt
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of heartfelt.
particularised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of particularise
particularising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of particularise
particularises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of particularise
pentimals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentimal
heavier-than-air
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: And folks laughed at Santos Dumont, at the Wrights, and at all the other fellows, who said they could take a heavier-than-air machine, and skim above the clouds like a bird.
ref: 1914, Victor Appleton, chapter 1, in Tom Swift And His Photo Telephone:
glosses: Weighing more than the volume of air which it displaces.
raw_tags: of an aircraft
examples: text: Died. John Thomas Moore, 65, who, on a windy day in December 1903, lent a hand putting a flying machine on a runway, was the last surviving witness to the Wright brothers' historic first heavier-than-air flight at Kitty Hawk.
ref: 1952 March 10, “Milestones”, in Time:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or using an aircraft which weighs more than the volume of air it displaces.
shorties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shorty
shorties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Also for business and formal wear, knee high's are preferable to shorties so that your shanks are not exposed when crossing your legs.
ref: 1987, Jacob Israel Biegeleisen, Make Your Job Interview a Success: A Guide for the Career-Minded Job Seeker, Prentice Hall Trade, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: Short socks.
funster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funsters
Etymology: From fun + -ster.
Senses: glosses: A fun person.
mouse deer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaʊs.dɪɹ/
ipa: /ˈmaʊs.dɪə/
Forms: form: mouse deers
form: mouse deer
form: mousedeer
form: mouse-deer
Senses: glosses: A chevrotain (genus Tragulus).
sensitized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sensitize
sensitized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sensitized
form: most sensitized
Senses: glosses: Made sensitive, especially to some specific agent.
Derived terms: sensitized antibody
sensitized cell
unaddressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + addressed.
Senses: examples: text: Unaddressed mail cannot be delivered.
glosses: Not bearing an address.
examples: text: Have we left any points unaddressed?
glosses: Not discussed or considered.
unaddressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + addressed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unaddress
attenuated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of attenuate
attenuated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more attenuated
form: most attenuated
Senses: examples: text: attenuated power
text: He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter of a penny loaf—our crug—moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggins, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.
ref: 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “Christ’s Hospital Five and Thirty Years Ago”, in Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 28:
text: She had become spiritualized in mind, even as she had grown attenuated in person.
ref: 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 140:
text: To conclude otherwise requires accepting an attenuated fiction that commingling funds in an account, even if done decades earlier, means the account today still contains funds attributable to the sale of expropriated property.
ref: 2025, Sonia Sotomayor (writing for a unanimous Supreme Court of the United States), Opinion of the Court in Republic of Hungary et al. v. Simon et al., № 23—867, 2025-02-21
antonyms: word: unattenuated
word: attenuated
word: conditional
word: depleted
word: half-assed
word: half-baked
word: hollowed out
word: incomplete
word: limited
word: mitigated
word: nontotal
word: partial
word: relative
word: reserved
glosses: Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation.
examples: text: Near-synonym: nonreplicating (often synonymous)
text: the live attenuated type of vaccines
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
antonyms: word: unattenuated
word: attenuated
word: conditional
word: depleted
word: half-assed
word: half-baked
word: hollowed out
word: incomplete
word: limited
word: mitigated
word: nontotal
word: partial
word: relative
word: reserved
word: unattenuated
glosses: Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation.
Weakened, usually in a way that includes nonreplicating status.
coordinate_terms: nonlive
killed#Adjective
raw_tags: of pathogens
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Long and tapering (especially of leaves)
Derived terms: attenuated bluet
hyperattenuated
hypoattenuated
neuroattenuated
nonattenuated
overattenuated
radioattenuated
subattenuated
unattenuated
adrenoleukodystrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adrenoleukodystrophies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A degenerative genetic disease in which myelin is lost from nerve cells in the brain
thalassemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thalassemias
form: thalassaemia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θάλασσα (thálassa, “sea”) (see also thalass-) and -emia (“blood”) (from αἷμα (haîma)). The etymology is suggestive of the epidemiology of the disorder, which is more common in people of Mediterranean descent. First used in 1932.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: Mediterranean anemia
Mediterranean disease
hypernyms: hemoglobinopathy
glosses: Any of a group of inherited disorders in which the amount of hemoglobin in the blood is reduced.
Derived terms: alpha-thalassemia-intellectual disability syndrome
alpha-thalassemia mental retardation syndrome
beta-thalassemia
thalassemic
civil engineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The technical design and construction of public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, public greens, roads, etc., and/or technically equivalent private (usually corporate) ones.
Derived terms: civils
civionics
Related terms: civil engineer
geoengineering
flame out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flames out
form: flaming out
form: flamed out
form: flamed out
Etymology: flame + out
Senses: examples: text: [O]n being brought home, and giving us ground to suppose he was much worse hurt than he really was, and a fever ensuing, every one flamed out; and all was laid at my door.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 4, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: To become suddenly angry; to break out into indignation or similar emotion; to flare up.
examples: text: If on flame out, steam pressure goes below 75# you must go back on gas to return [....] The grievant replied that If he did so, the boiler would flame out.
ref: 1967, American Labor Arbitration Awards, volume 11, Prentice-Hall:
text: On 24 July 1998, the silo THC analyzer's FID flamed out and could not be relighted.
ref: 2000, “Hot mix asphalt plants technical systems audit of testing at plant "C"”, in U.S, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-454R-00-026:
text: Restarting in flight is a very important engine capability for all aircraft, as occasionally engines do flame out.
ref: 2004, Philip P. Walsh, Paul Fletcher, Gas Turbine Performance, page 487:
text: While the pitch angle was decreasing, a left rolling motion began, which eventually reached 82º left wing down, and the N₁ and fuel flow indications for both engines declined steadily to zero, indicating that both engines had flamed out. The Safety Board concludes that the upset event exposed both engines to inlet airflow disruption conditions that led to engine stalls and a complete loss of engine power.
ref: 2007 January 9, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.2.2 Aerodynamic Stall and Upset Event”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Crash of Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701, Bombardier CL-600-2B19, N8396A, Jefferson City, Missouri, October 14, 2004, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2022, page 46:
coordinate_terms: burn out
glosses: To fail due to extinction of flame.
raw_tags: of processes and equipment involving combustion
glosses: To fail, usually spectacularly.
glosses: To stop due to exhaustion.
Derived terms: word: flame-out
word: flameout
luminesce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlumɪˈnɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: luminesces
form: luminescing
form: luminesced
form: luminesced
Etymology: Back-formation from luminescent.
Senses: examples: text: Phosphorus will only begin to luminesce at a certain small pressure of oxygen.
glosses: To give off light, including in the invisible electromagnetic radiation frequencies, or become luminescent.
Derived terms: bioluminesce
photoluminesce
luminesces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of luminesce
luminesced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of luminesce
luminescing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of luminesce
flame-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flame-outs
Etymology: Deverbal from flame out.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flameout.
splices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splice
splices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of splice
double chin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double chins
Senses: glosses: A layer of subcutaneous fat under the chin, giving the appearance of having an extra chin.
Related terms: butt chin
have more chins than a Chinese phone book
uncloak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uncloaks
form: uncloaking
form: uncloaked
form: uncloaked
Etymology: From un- + cloak.
Senses: examples: text: And will none have so much Charity, so much Zeal for publick Concern, as to uncloak this Impostour, and shew the dazled World what it is it thus bows to?
ref: 1671, Richard Allestree, The Gentleman's Calling, page 124:
text: She attended all our guests, most rigorously insisted on uncloaking and unshawling them, whether they would or not; […]
ref: 1875, The Argosy, volume 19, page 453:
glosses: To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
examples: text: Nay, but my fireside's not the deck—I am mistress here; so let me uncloak thee." She seized his cloak, and, not without a slight resistance on his part, unclasped the collar, and threw it aside.
ref: 1826, Allan Cunningham, Paul Jones: A Romance, volume 2, page 38:
glosses: To remove one's cloak.
examples: text: Don't try to target the Klingons as they uncloak, you won't have time. Just use the phasers to make a nofly zone between us and the Takagi.
ref: 2011, David Mack, Rise Like Lions (Star Trek: Mirror Universe):
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device.
Synonyms: sense: reveal
word: expose
word: uncover
word: reveal
sense: become visible again
word: decloak
Hypernyms: sense: remove one's cloak
word: divest
word: doff
word: undress
unstably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unstably
form: most unstably
Etymology: From unstable + -ly or un- + stably.
Senses: examples: text: The message from this week’s election – and from the angry, at times overtly sexist and authoritarian rhetoric that Mr. Trump used on the campaign trail – is that America is a deeply, angrily, unstably divided country.
ref: 2024 November 7, Ned Temko, “With Trump, ‘America First’ is back. US allies brace for a shock.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: In an unstable manner.
ethicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethical + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Some have thought that universalisability was the criterion of ethicalness.
ref: 1964, Timothy L. S. Sprigge, “Definition of a Moral Judgment”, in Philosophy, volume 39, number 150, page 306:
glosses: The state or quality of being ethical.
Synonyms: ethicality
untypical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untypical
form: most untypical
Etymology: From un- + typical.
Senses: glosses: not typical, atypical, unusual
Synonyms: word: atypical
ethicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethicalities
Etymology: From ethical + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Some reformers and sociologists, though the majority stuck by the older internationalist ethicalities, began to adopt imperialist and group Social Darwinist views.
ref: 1981, Jack Jones, "Social Darwinism Reconsidered," Political Psychology, vp. 3, no. 1/2, p. 247
text: As compared to the numerous studies focused on the incidence of student-faculty sexual involvement, few researchers have examined student perceptions of the ethicality of this form of sexual intimacy.
ref: 1995, Linda J. Skinner et al., “Academic Sexual Intimacy Violations: Ethicality and Occurrence Reports from Undergraduates”, in The Journal of Sex Research, volume 32, number 2, page 133:
glosses: The state, quality, or manner of being ethical.
Synonyms: ethicalness
Derived terms: unethicality
unvarnished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unvarnisht
Etymology: From un- + varnished.
Senses: examples: text: unvarnished furniture
coordinate_terms: unpainted#Adjective
uncoated#Adjective
unplated#Adjective
unfinished#Adjective
glosses: Not having been coated with varnish.
examples: text: She told the unvarnished truth.
text: There were no socialist countries or liberation movements to blame for World War I. It was a plain, unvarnished racist war for colonial empire.
ref: 2004 June 24, Leslie Feinberg, “'The war to end all wars'”, in Workers World:
text: The unprofessional production of the skits, shot on handheld digital video without the assistance of a 'steady cam' device, contributes to their unvarnished allure.
ref: 2008, Robert Sweeny, “This Performance Art Is for the Birds”, in Studies in Art Education, volume 49, page 138:
text: Boris Johnson the "ersatz Churchill" needed the real one to remain untouchable and unvarnished to serve his own narrative as his latter-day incarnation.
ref: 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 35:
synonyms: word: plain
word: simple
word: austere
word: bare
word: chaste
word: inornate
word: modest
word: plain
word: quiet
word: severe
word: simple
word: spartan
word: unadorned
word: unembellished
word: unextravagant
word: unornamented
word: undecked
word: ungarnished
word: untrimmed
word: unvarnished
glosses: Natural, unmodified, unembellished, not exaggerated.
come-all-you
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: come-all-yous
form: come-all-ye
Etymology: From the common occurrence in such songs of an exhortation beginning "come all you".
Senses: examples: text: He slapped his thighs and whooped and catcalled, encouraging anyone who knew it to join in the ‘traditional come-all-you’!
ref: 2006, Patrick McCabe, Winterwood, Bloomsbury, published 2007, page 3:
glosses: A traditional folk or country song.
epiglottal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the epiglottis.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Produced using the epiglottis.
epiglottal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epiglottals
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: An epiglottal consonant.
palladium hydride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of metallic palladium that has adsorbed a substantial amount of elemental hydrogen into the interstices of its structure.
norteño
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish norteño (“Northern [Mexico]”).
Senses: examples: text: At a party in an isolated mountain community in central Mexico, the host may well take out his accordion and play norteño corridos until the dawn breaks.
ref: 2000, Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, James McConnachie, Orla Duane, World Music: The Rough Guide. Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 470:
text: The two-stage festival's lineup reads like a who's who of norteño, duranguense and banda sinaloense acts, including Los Tigres del Norte, Banda el Recodo, Conjunto Primavera, Los Tucanes de Tijuana and K-Paz de la Sierra.
ref: 2010 April 17, Ayala Ben-Yehuda, “Field of Dreams: Vive Grupero Festival Snares Regional Mexican Artists For Free”, in Billboard, volume 122, number 15, page 8:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: Tejano
glosses: A genre of Mexican music related to polka and corridos, emerged in the late 19th century.
Related terms: norteña
Norteño
chechias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Chechias were for sale at the bazaar.
glosses: plural of chechia
-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Back-formation from mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, etc.
Senses: examples: cousin-in-law
glosses: Related through marriage.
Coordinate terms: -out-law
Related terms: in-law
Magnolia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæɡˈnəʊ.li.ə/
ipa: /ˌmæɡˈnoʊ.li.ə/
rhymes: -əʊliə
Senses: examples: text: Our blooming friend, the handsome and stalworth Magnolia, having got a confidential hint from agitated Mrs. Mack, trudged up to the mills, in a fine frenzy, vowing vengeance on Mary Matchwell, for she liked poor Sally Nutter well.
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
text: "Nobody could have a name like Magnolia."
"They could if they came from South Carolina, as she did. In the southern states of America you can't throw a brick without hitting a Magnolia."
ref: 1971, P.G. Wodehouse, Much Obliged, Jeeves, Barrie and Jenkins, published 1971, page 24:
glosses: A female given name from English, one of the less common flower names invented in the 19th century.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A town in Delaware, United States.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A village in Illinois, United States.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A city in Iowa, United States.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A town in Minnesota, United States.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Pike County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A borough of Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A town in North Carolina, United States.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A village in Ohio, United States.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A city in Texas, United States.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A town in Wisconsin, United States.
karyology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkæɹiˈɒləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: karyologies
form: caryology
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κάρυον (káruon, “kernel, nucleus”) + -ology.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The study of the nuclei of cells, especially with regard to the chromosomes which they contain.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The characteristics of a particular cellular nucleus or group of nuclei, or of the chromosomes therein.
Derived terms: karyological
gang sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gang signs
Senses: glosses: A verbal or visual way that gang members identify their affiliation.
glosses: Any distinguishing mark, such as a tattoo, that serves to identify a member of a particular gang.
antvireo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antvireos
Etymology: From ant + vireo.
Senses: glosses: Any of eight species of birds in the genus Dysithamnus.
Derived terms: bicoloured antvireo
Dysithamnus occidentalis
plain antvireo
Dysithamnus mentalis
plumbeous antvireo
Dysithamnus plumbeus
rufous-backed antvireo
Dysithamnus xanthopterus
spot-breasted antvireo
Dysithamnus stictothorax
spot-crowned antvireo
Dysithamnus puncticeps
streak-crowned antvireo
Dysithamnus striaticeps
white-spotted antvireo
white-streaked antvireo
Dysithamnus leucostictus
hobnobber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobnobbers
Etymology: From hobnob + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who hobnobs.
hobnobbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hobnobber
hobnobs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hobnob
hobnobbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hobnob
hobnobbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobnobbings
Senses: examples: his hobnobbings with the crowned heads of Europe
glosses: A friendly, informal session of talking or drinking.
hobnobbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hobnob
orda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ordas
form: ordu
form: ordo
form: ordon
Etymology: From Russian орда́ (ordá) and other sources, all ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ordu. Doublet of horde (which see for more) and Urdu.
Senses: glosses: A political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples, sometimes referred to as a horde.
lollypops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lollypop
bugbears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bugbear
world-view
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: world-views
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of worldview.
otaku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊˈtɑːkuː/
ipa: [əʊ̯ˈtʰɑːkʰuː]
ipa: /oʊˈtɑku/
ipa: [o̞ʊ̯ˈtʰɑkʰu]
Forms: form: otakus
form: otaku
Etymology: From Japanese オタク (otaku, “anime obsessive, geek”) originally used in reference to the 1982 Macross fandom, from the honorific form お宅 (otaku, “you”), from the honorific form 宅 (taku, “home”) ("your house").
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally derogatory) an obsessive Japanese fan of anime or manga.
wikipedia: Macross
Hypernyms: word: geek
word: anorak
Hyponyms: english: non-Japanese people
translation: non-Japanese people
word: weeb
Derived terms: otacore
otakudom
otakuism
otakukin
Related terms: word: fanboy
word: fangirl
word: geek
word: mangaka
word: weeaboo
long hauls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long haul
long-hauls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long-haul.
long-hauls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of long-haul
cleartext
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛkst
Forms: form: cleartexts
Etymology: From clear + text.
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The unencrypted form of an encrypted text; plain text
family doctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: family doctors
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of family medicine.
Synonyms: general practitioner
family medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular specialty in the field of medicine, one that deals with only general conditions, but of all persons.
Synonyms: general practice
ass clown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ass clowns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of assclown.
Hershey highway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hershey highways
Etymology: In reference to the American chocolate company; the brown color of chocolate is likened to feces.
Senses: glosses: The anus or anal sex.
Synonyms: poop chute
fudge packer
greeting card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greeting cards
form: greetings card
Senses: glosses: A card, typically folded in half and available commercially, that is sent to someone as a greeting. (This entry is a translation hub.)
glue stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glue sticks
Senses: examples: text: Can I have a glue stick to stick this sheet into my book please, Miss?
glosses: A solid adhesive in a twist- or push-up tube, most commonly seen in schools and offices.
examples: text: He melted a glue stick with a cigarette lighter and dabbed it onto his project with a toothpick.
glosses: A stick of hot glue.
Synonyms: english: a genericised trademark
translation: a genericised trademark
word: Pritt stick
icositetrahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: icositetrahedrons
form: icositetrahedra
Etymology: From icosi- + tetra- + -hedron.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of several solids having twenty-four faces.
Derived terms: deltoidal icositetrahedron
pentagonal icositetrahedron
Related terms: icositetrahedral
trapezohedron
small triakisoctahedron
tetrakis hexahedron
semla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmlə/
Forms: form: semlas
Etymology: From Swedish semla, ultimately from Latin simila (“finest quality wheat flour”), through Old Swedish. Doublet of semola and semel; compare semolina.
Senses: glosses: A pastry with a cream and almond paste filling, traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday in Sweden, Finland and Estonia.
scanties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskæntiz/
Etymology: From scanty + -s.
Senses: examples: text: Reluctant to leave that adored image of a Narcissus reverie, Sadie removed her slip and scanties and brassière, thereby revealing an imposition practised on the male eye by that support, for Sadie's breasts were not the resolute, cup-shaped adornments it moulded under her frock, but drooped when their soft tissues were released, while Rita's breasts, eight years older than Sadie's, were still firmly anchored to the arch of her chest, and even in a reclining posture refused to lob.
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 7:
text: […] and what little girl would not like to whirl in a circular skirt and scanties?
ref: 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:
glosses: Small panties; skimpy underwear for a woman or girl.
jollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jolly
examples: text: I don't know if this is how you get your jollies, but it's pretty screwed up.
glosses: Kicks; satisfaction; entertainment.
glosses: The Royal Marines.
Derived terms: get one's jollies
jollies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jolly
shell moulding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A method of casting metal used mainly for small pieces requiring relatively high accuracy.
WBC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WBCs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of white blood cell.
WBC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Initialism of World Boxing Council, one of several sanctioning bodies in professional boxing.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of World Baseball Classic, a tournament for national teams jointly organized by the International Baseball Federation and Major League Baseball.
glosses: Initialism of Westboro Baptist Church, an unaffiliated Baptist church known for its hate speech.
ecphory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecphories
form: ecphoria
Senses: glosses: An automatic memory retrieval process engaged when a specific, proximal cue interacts with information stored in memory. The recovered product of that interaction can be the result of a strategic memory search, or it could act as fuel for subsequent strategic retrieval processes.
what-have-you
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of what have you.
what have you
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: what-have-you
form: whathaveyou
Senses: examples: text: He also had a room strewn with the toys of the trade and what-have-you: ropes and ironmongery, buoyancy aid and bagpipes, fetid socks and half-eaten haggises, dumbbells and ski-instructor sweaters.
ref: 1997, Pete McDonald, Climbing Lessons: Inside Outdoor Education, page 40:
text: So you might not have a million-seller every time, 'cause you're not movin' around and what have you, but at least you'll have a good track record.
ref: 2000, Jas Obrecht, Rollin' and Tumblin': The Postwar Blues Guitarists, page 387:
text: “Like I said on the televisual apparatus, every homeless person has a story to tell,” said Mr. Stink. “That’s mine. I am sorry it didn’t involve spies or pirates or what have you. Real life isn’t like that, I’m afraid. And I didn’t mean to upset you.”
ref: 2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Any of several additional, unmentioned things.
Related terms: whatnot
and so on
et cetera
such-and-such
suchlike
you name it
Anglo-Saxon America
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In 1800 the population of the United States and Canada combined was 6 million whereas that of Latin America was over 19 million. By 1900, Anglo-Saxon America had a population of 81 million and Latin America only 63 million.
ref: 1970, Celso Furtado, Economic Development of Latin America: A Survey from Colonial Times to the Cuban Revolution, page 8:
text: Nevertheless, during the nineteenth century there was a similar concern in both Anglo-Saxon America and Spanish America with "purification" of the blood […]
ref: 1999, Mario Sáenz, The Identity of Liberation in Latin American Thought, page 101:
text: The "manifest destiny" of Anglo-Saxon America was a favorite theme of Fourth of July orators
ref: 2006, Gary J Dorrien, The Making of American Liberal Theology, page 319:
glosses: The parts of the American continent colonized or historically controlled by Anglo-Saxon people, principally the USA and Canada.
examples: text: Excluded from Anglo-Saxon America, Irish-Americans […]
ref: 1976, James Paul Rodechko, Patrick Ford and His Search for America: A Case Study of Irish-American Journalism, 1870-1913, page 218:
text: […] from the compact trope of "the sea-divided Gael," to the poet's refusal of an "Anglo-Saxon" America because "you are not of the self-same race […]
ref: 1998, Matthew Frye Jacobson, Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race, page 51:
text: Many expressed their desire to join Anglo-Saxon America by adopting their forms of Protestantism.
ref: 2002, Donna R. Gabaccia, Immigration and American Diversity: A Social and Cultural History, page 132:
glosses: Synonym of white America.
synonyms: word: white America
Related terms: North America
Central America
South America
Latin America
WASP
Hooman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian هومن (human, literally “good-natured”), from Middle Persian [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Persian male given name هومن (human).
huc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hucs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of hydrologic unit code.
decapacitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkəˈpæsɪteɪt/
Forms: form: decapacitates
form: decapacitating
form: decapacitated
form: decapacitated
Etymology: From de- + capacitate.
Senses: examples: text: Calcium bursts would increase spermatozoa motility, where cholesterol would decapacitate spermatozoa, so preventing untimely activation.
glosses: To reduce something's or someone's capability to do something.
little boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little boys
Senses: examples: text: Calvin: I'd like to get a Valentine bouquet for a girl I know.
Cashier: What a sweet little boy you are! Come see what we have.
ref: 1986 February 13, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
glosses: A male child, especially one younger than ten years of age.
glosses: A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties, also known as a cocktail sausage or a cheerio.
glosses: A male perceived to be weaker than or subservient to another one; or, a boy who is too young for his job.
Synonyms: sense: male child
word: boykin
sense: male child
word: young boy
Derived terms: little boy's room
Related terms: little girl
Prakrit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɑː.kɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: Prakrits
form: Pracrit
form: Prākrit
form: Pkt.
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्राकृत (prākṛta).
Senses: glosses: Any one of several Middle Indo-Aryan languages, all derived from dialects of Old Indo-Aryan languages.
Derived terms: Dramatic Prakrit
Prakritic
Prakritism
Prakritize
Shauraseni Prakrit
Prakrit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɑː.kɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: Pracrit
form: Prākrit
form: Pkt.
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्राकृत (prākṛta).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to this language.
Prakrits
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pracrits
form: Prācrits
Senses: glosses: plural of Prakrit
Pracrit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pracrits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Prakrit.
Pracrits
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pracrit
straddles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straddle
straddles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of straddle
zymological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zymological
form: most zymological
Etymology: From zymology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to zymology; zymologic.
zymosimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zymosimeters
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ζύμωσις (zúmōsis, “fermentation”), and English -i- and -meter.
Senses: synonyms: zymometer
zymoscope
glosses: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.