cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ModUk.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Modern Ukrainian.
MUk.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Middle Ukrainian.
SovUk.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Soviet Ukrainian.
OES
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: OES.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Old East Slavic.
glosses: Initialism of Order of the Eastern Star.
OES.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of OES.
OUk.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Old Ukrainian.
IE.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of IE.
BS.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BSl.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Balto-Slavic.
PS.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: PSl.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Proto-Slavic.
spongiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spongology
Etymology: From spongio- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: A branch of zoology concerning sponges or Porifera.
red as a beetroot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Bright red in color; used of the human face when a person is embarrassed.
lensman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lensmen
Etymology: From lens + -man, 1930s.
Senses: examples: text: A profile in black and white may be said to describe this new portrait study of Kay Francis, made by that eminent lensman from Hungary, Herr Ferenc, […]
ref: 1935 April 7, “Posed by Ferenc, of Vienna!”, in Washington Post, page 13:
text: Claudette Colbert, sensitive about certain camera angles “killed” one photographer’s entire sitting. (“Not temperament, just smart,” said the lensman, who is one of the best.)
ref: 1937 March 23, “Screen Stars Blame Candid Cameras for Decrease of Glamor”, in East Liverpool Review, page 6:
text: Famed lensman Richardson shot the campaign for the past three years, and drew criticism for depicting uber-skinny female models in body-baring clothing with male models in suggestive positions.
ref: 2013 October 29, Stephanie Smith, “Equinox ditches Terry Richardson’s sexy ads”, in Page Six, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2013:
text: […] The most unforgettable “stolen” snap from Diana’s last fateful holiday was the famous “kiss” picture of her in a clinch with bare-chested Dodi Fayed, her playboy lover, off the coast of Corsica. It was she who tipped off Italian lensman Mario Brenna—to send a taunting message to the real love of her life, Hasnat Khan.
ref: 2022 April 5, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair:
glosses: A male photographer.
Related terms: lenswoman
lenswoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lenswomen
Etymology: From lens + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A female photographer.
lensmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lensman
lenswomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lenswoman
clienteling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From clientele + -ing.
Senses: topics: business
glosses: The sales technique of forming personal relationships with clients based on their habits and preferences.
Clo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 33 Chestnut Clo, Anytown
glosses: Abbreviation of close (in street addresses).
Brunnian link
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brunnian links
Etymology: Named after Hermann Brunn, whose 1892 article Über Verkettung included examples of such links.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: A nontrivial link that becomes a set of trivial unlinked circles if any one component is removed. In other words, cutting any loop frees all the other loops.
angashore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angashores
form: angishore
Etymology: See hangashore.
Senses: glosses: A pitiful person; a wretch.
Related terms: hangashore
angashores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angashore
jillicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jillick
pulpulak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulpulaks
Etymology: From Armenian պուլպուլակ (pulpulak).
Senses: glosses: A public fountain with potable water, common in Armenia.
pulpulaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pulpulak
Borromean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /bɒɹəˈmiːən/
Forms: form: more Borromean
form: most Borromean
Etymology: From Borromeo + -an.
Senses: glosses: of or relating to the aristocratic Borromeo family of Northern Italy.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: of or relating to Saint Charles Borromeo or any religious orders or institutions that trace their origin to him
Derived terms: Borromean Islands
Borromean nucleus
Borromean rings
binge viewing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of binge watching.
synonyms: word: binge watching
pseudo-intellectuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudo-intellectual
pseudo-intellectual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudo-intellectuals
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pseudointellectual.
pseudo-intellectual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudo-intellectual
form: most pseudo-intellectual
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pseudointellectual.
Marlboro Man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Marlboro Men
form: Marlboro man
Etymology: From the brand name of Marlboro cigarettes; first used in the mid-1950s.
Senses: examples: text: The weather would have discouraged a Marlboro man.
ref: 1958 March 24, “Sport: Ladies' Day”, in Time, retrieved 14 Jul 2014:
text: This one, if not a knight in shining armor, is at least a Marlboro man: a tall, lanky, self-taught lawyer of "broad shoulders," whose personality, "strong and silent," was the very "embodiment of what Texans liked to think of as 'Texan.'"
ref: 1990 March 11, Ronald Steel, “The Long Shadow of Ambition”, in New York Times, book review of Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro, retrieved 14 Jul 2014:
text: "What are you talking about? Five years of work and a hundred miles of electrified fence couldn't prepare the other island. And you think that, what? A couple dozen Marlboro men were going to make a difference here?"
ref: 1997, David Koepp (screenplay), The Lost World: Jurassic Park, spoken by Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), Universal Pictures:
text: A rugged landscape, two rugged men—stetsons, corduroy and denim—both gazing terse and tight-jawed at the Wyoming mountainscape. . . . This is Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, but it could have been called Secret Sex Lives of the Marlboro Men.
ref: 2006 January 8, Jonathan Romney, “Brokeback Mountain”, in The Independent (UK), retrieved 14 Jul 2014:
glosses: An iconic male character depicted in cigarette advertisements as a rugged, handsome, physically active, and very masculine smoker; a real or fictional man whose appearance or behavior evokes this character.
Synonyms: he-man
hypermasculine man
Marlboro man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Marlboro men
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Marlboro Man.
per.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perr.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of period.
Cieszyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Polish Cieszyn.
Senses: glosses: A city in southern Poland on Olza River, near the Czech border.
korephile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔɹɪfaɪl/
ipa: /ˈkɔːɹɪfaɪl/
ipa: /ˈkɔːɹɪfʌɪl/
Forms: form: korephiles
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl”) + -φῐ́λης (-phĭ́lēs, “-lover”), coined after korephilia and by analogy with paedophile.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:korephile.
glosses: A woman or older female who is erotically attracted toward young (chiefly pre- and/or peripubescent) girls.
Related terms: word: korephilia
english: a person attracted to mature women
translation: a person attracted to mature women
word: gynecophile
english: a person attracted to young women, virgins
translation: a person attracted to young women, virgins
word: parthenophile
big stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big sticks
Senses: examples: text: Wilson publicly rejected both the "big stick diplomacy" of Teddy Roosevelt and the "dollar diplomacy" of William Howard Taft; […]
ref: 1997, Randall Hansis, The Latin Americans: Understanding Their Legacy, page 188:
text: Too much debate theory is based on power rather than reason. Kritiks are used as big sticks to avoid one of the duties closely associated with debating — research.
ref: 2002, Kenneth T. Broda-Bahm, Perspectives in Controversy, page 300:
text: It is difficult to deny that the American political culture of the Big Stick ideology (speak softly, and carry a big stick) is just another form of neo-imperialism; colonial power was reestablished in the new millennium.
ref: 2015, Falk Huettmann, Central American Biodiversity, page 34:
glosses: Significant power to punish or coerce.
Related terms: carrot and stick
stick and carrot
speak softly and carry a big stick
talk softly and carry a big stick
walk softly and carry a big stick
anchor man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anchor men
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anchorman.
man among men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: men among men
Senses: examples: text: I have accomplished my dearest wish, I am a man among men, on an equal footing with Tom, Dick and Harry, and yet it isn't just exactly what I thought it was going to be.
ref: 1892, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XII, in The American Claimant, New York, N.Y.: Charles L[uther] Webster & Co., →OCLC, page 128:
text: The boy was on terms of perfect equality with Obed and the Panther. They treated him as a man among men.
ref: 1913, Joseph A. Altsheler, chapter 5, in The Texan Scouts:
text: Willson transformed Roy Fitzgerald into Rock Hudson and secured him an apprenticeship. . . . [H]e was able to establish his film personality: steady, likable, a man among men.
ref: 2001 June 24, Gerald Clarke, “The Double Life of an Aids Victim”, in Time, retrieved 14 Jul 2014:
glosses: A man who is accepted on the same terms, and as having the same worth, as other men in society.
examples: text: And be thy ſelf Man among men on Earth, / Made fleſh, when time ſhall be, of Virgin ſeed, / By wondrous birth: […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 283–285:
text: To her distorted fancy he was a man among men, a hero, all that was admirable and magnificent.
ref: 1890, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Bait on the Hook”, in The Firm of Girdlestone: A Romance of the Unromantic, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 335:
text: At the head of it rode two men—one with a quiet mesmeric power that bred perfect trust at sight, the other with a kindling power of enthusiasm, and a passionate energy, mental, physical, emotional, that was tireless; each a man among men, and both together an ideal leader for the thousand Americans at their heels.
ref: 1900, John Fox Jr., chapter 7, in Crittenden: A Kentucky Story of Love and War:
text: [H]e was so much a man among men, a giant, with a great, lumbering mind, slow to conceive, but moving in a large, impressive way when once conception came.
ref: 1916, Gilbert Parker, chapter 26, in The World For Sale:
text: A prince is a man among men, a canny fighter, a steely sovereign who takes what he wants out of life.
ref: 1997, Harriet Rubin, The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women, →ISBN:
glosses: A superior or remarkable man who stands out from other men; a leader or exemplar for other men.
Related terms: man of the people
man's man
postmedial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːdiəl
Etymology: From post- + medial.
Senses: examples: text: Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow and white. Fore wing white, with the costal half to end of cell suffused with fuscous; an obscure fuscous triangular postmedial mark with its apex on inner margin, its inner limb with a black speck […]
ref: 1896, George Francis Hampson, Moths:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Located behind (further towards the rear than) the middle.
examples: text: […] and PA *naːwal(a)w- and Y noːʔrep- 'following one behind the other' 055 (where PA adds postmedial *-(a)w, and Yurok the intransitive final -ep).
ref: 1994, Studies in Native American Languages:
text: The medial suffix, ...kon..., carries the meaning "day": e.g., n'ka-nîšokonin I'll be away two days (and nights). […] The suffix also occurs with a postmedial extension, ...ak: e.g., nîšokonakisiw niski-pîsim it is the second day of April […] literally, the goose moon is in a state (...si-) of day two.
ref: 2004, Spoken Cree, →ISBN, page 225:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Located after the medial element.
Derived terms: postmedially
workname
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwəːkneɪm/
Forms: form: worknames
Etymology: From work + name.
Senses: examples: text: ‘I made the acquaintance of the head of the independent Thirteenth Intelligence Directorate, subordinated to the Party's Central Committee, who is known throughout Centre only by his workname Karla.’
ref: 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 256:
glosses: The alias used by someone involved in secret espionage or intelligence work.
philosophunculist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪˌlɒsəˈfʌŋkjʊlɪst/
Forms: form: philosophunculists
Etymology: From philosophuncule + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The unsettled races of the north, constituting the Chartists, are Scotch philosophunculists and Irish savages, or the children of such.
ref: 1840 May, Fraser's Magazine, volume 21, page 588:
text: But you know, or should know, that I am a senior philosophunculist on active duty.
ref: 1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land:
text: Cunningham's brilliant explication of ‘glassie Essence’ and related matters first appeared in ELH, 19 (1952), see esp. p. 266, but has been ignored by those whom Robert Burton would call the philosophunculists of the academy as well as by most students of Shakespeare.
ref: 1991, Edward W Tayler, Donne's Idea of a Woman, p. 156 n. 7
text: However, you should never be a philosophunculist (Go look it up) to succeed in your business ventures.
ref: 2010, Bob Behrent, Planes, Pranks and Pepto-Bismol:
glosses: A minor or insignificant philosopher; someone who claims philosophical expertise that they do not possess.
panzerottis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panzerotti
pizza pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pizza pockets
Senses: glosses: A type of small calzone that may be baked or deep fried; a pizza dough bun stuffed with pizza toppings, in a central cavity, that is usually round, rectangular, or half-moon-shaped.
Coordinate terms: calzone
panzerotti
stromboli
pizza pockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pizza pocket
Iis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ii
anticrystal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticrystals
form: anti-crystal
Etymology: From anti- + crystal.
Senses: glosses: a perfectly disordered solid
Related terms: english: a greatly ordered solid
translation: a greatly ordered solid
word: crystal
word: quasicrystal
word: quasi-crystal
word: amorphous
anticrystals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anticrystal
anti-crystals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-crystal Alternative form of anticrystals.
Swisser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swissers
form: Swizzer
Etymology: From Middle High German Swycer, Schwyczer, variants of Sweitzer (“Switzer”); or from French Suisse + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Being impossible to conclude and accord any agreement betweene the Pope and the King of France, the Swissers came to serue the Pope, of whose valour and power the French stood much in feare.
ref: 1601, ‘WT’, translating Lord Remy of Florence, Civill considerations vpon many and svndrie histories, p. 111
text: A Spaniard can not well brooke to feede after our fashion, nor we endure to drinke as the Swizzers.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.13:
text: Where is my Swissers, let them guard the doore.
ref: 1604, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, IV.5:
text: The Austrian Princes and the Swissers, I have still heard, are from father to sonne, hereditary and irreconcilable enimies.
ref: 1624, “Vox Cœli, or News from Heaven”, in Somer's Tracts, volume II, London, published 1809:
glosses: A native of Switzerland; a Swiss.
anti-crystal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-crystals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anticrystal.
Zuricher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzjʊəɹɪkə/
Forms: form: Zurichers
form: Zuricher
form: Züricher
Etymology: From Zurich + -er, or from German Züricher.
Senses: examples: text: The officer in command of the Zurichers instantly marched to sustain the post.
ref: 1834, John Warner Barber, An Account of the Most Important and Interesting Religious Events:
text: In the eastern parts of the Confederation, where the Zurichers had traditionally exercised influence, […] there was little left after the Kappel War to show for their earlier efforts.
ref: 2002, Bruce Gordon, The Swiss Reformation, page 135:
text: On March 6, the two Zurichers attended the Wednesday Psychological Society meeting in Vienna.
ref: 2008, George Makari, Revolution in Mind, page 205:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Zurich.
quasi-crystal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasi-crystals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quasicrystal.
reformanda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reformandum
quasi-crystals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quasi-crystal
reformandum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reformanda
Etymology: From Latin refōrmandum.
Senses: glosses: That which is to be reformed.
tight-laced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tight-laced
form: most tight-laced
Senses: glosses: Synonym of strait-laced.
synonyms: word: strait-laced
two tears in a bucket
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Two Tears in a Bucket Award—Judi Killion
ref: [1966, “Awards of Dubious Achievement”, in The Eagle, page 189:
text: Hank begins to protest, but William interrupts with, “That’s just two tears in a bucket, so motherfuck it!”
ref: 2001, Lisa M. Tillmann-Healy, Between Gay and Straight: Understanding Friendship Across Sexual Orientation, Rowman Altamira, →ISBN, page 143:
text: Even if he offends you personally, two tears in a bucket, fuck it.
ref: 2002, Lawrence Q. Markx, Evidence of a Cluttered Mind...: The New Testament, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 153:
text: But then my mind said, Hold up, I’ll bet those titties are going to fall down to the ground. Oh well, two tears in a bucket, I’m still gonna fuck it.
ref: 2011, M. A. Harris, I Cry Sometimes, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 38:
glosses: Used to express an acceptance of misfortune.
Synonyms: shit happens
such is life
spätzli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃpɛtsli/
ipa: /ˈspatsli/
Forms: form: spätzli
form: spätzle
form: spaetzle
form: spatzle
form: spaetzli
form: spatzli
Etymology: From Alemannic German Spätzli, diminutive of Spatz (“sparrow”).
Senses: examples: text: As soon as the spätzli rise to the surface, take them out with a skimming spoon, place on a platter, cover and keep warm.
ref: 2008, Hermann Spindler, The Demeter Cookbook, page 145:
text: Bolliger brightly came to the rescue. “Chicken then! Chef does a roast chicken basted in a wine sauce fit for a king, with spätzli and some country-fresh greens.”
ref: 2012, Morley Torgov, The Mastersinger from Minsk:
text: Spätzli are gnocchetti with links to the gastronomic culture of southern Germany, and are also made in Switzerland and France.
ref: 2009, Oretta Zanini De Vita, Encyclopedia of Pasta:
glosses: A type of wheatflour noodle used in Swiss and southern German cooking.
pick ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pick up
anti-Palestinianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Prejudice, hostility or discrimination against Palestinians.
right-o
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of righto.
anti-Gentileism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-Gentilism.
anti-Gentilism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antigentilism.
islamophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: islamophobias
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Islamophobia.
anti-gentileism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-Gentilism.
anti-gentilism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-Gentilism.
antigentilism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-Gentileism
form: anti-gentileism
form: anti-gentilism
form: anti-Gentilism
Etymology: From anti- + gentile + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Hatred towards or prejudice against gentiles.
Synonyms: antigoyism
antizionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:antizionism.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of anti-Zionism.
RDBMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RDBMSs
form: RDBMSes
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of relational database management system.
Hypernyms: DBMS
scientia potentia est
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: From Latin scientia potentia est (“knowledge is power”).
Senses: glosses: Knowledge is power; with knowledge or education, one's potential or abilities in life will certainly increase.
Synonyms: scientia est potentia
scientia potestas est
Coordinate terms: english: wisdom is power
translation: wisdom is power
word: sapientia est potentia
Derived terms: english: knowledge itself is power
translation: knowledge itself is power
word: ipsa scientia potestas est
anti-apartheidism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiapartheidism
Etymology: From anti- + apartheid + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Opposition to apartheid or apartheidism.
anti-apartheidist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From antiapartheid + -ist or anti- + apartheidist.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposed to apartheid or apartheidism.
anti-apartheidist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-apartheidists
Etymology: From antiapartheid + -ist or anti- + apartheidist.
Senses: glosses: One who is opposed to apartheid or apartheidism.
mangarie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian mangiare (“to eat”), from Old French mangier (“to eat”), from Latin mandūcāre (“to eat”). Doublet of mungaree.
Senses: examples: text: Amazing what a bit of mangarie can do.
ref: 2008, G. J. Leckie, Second Acts, page 231:
text: “Mangarie,” we are saying, pressing the biscuits and tins of food into their hands.
ref: 2011, Myron C. Peterson, Time Capsule-1944: A Story of World War II, page 145:
text: And, by the look of you, you could do with some mangarie, a good wash, and a proper night's kip.
ref: 2012, Tony Broadbent, Shadows in the Smoke:
glosses: Food
foundation stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foundation stones
Senses: examples: text: He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848.
ref: 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58:
glosses: A stone laid during the construction of a (usually important) building, the laying of which is usually marked by a ceremony.
examples: text: England had been infamously stodgy under Gareth Southgate at Euro 2024, albeit as they reached the final and, if anything, Carsley needed a performance here more than a result. He certainly got that in the first half. A new era has its foundation stone.
ref: 2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The basis of something.
Related terms: cornerstone
tuxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuxies
Senses: glosses: A strip or ribbon of the outer layer of a leaf-sheath, pulled from a hemp plant.
tuxy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tuxies
form: tuxying
form: tuxied
form: tuxied
Senses: glosses: To pull such strips from a plant.
tuxied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tuxy
tuxying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tuxy
tuxies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tuxy
glosses: plural of tuxie
tuxies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tuxy
Argyll Robertson pupil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Argyll Robertson pupils
Etymology: Named after Douglas Argyll Robertson (1837–1909), a Scottish ophthalmologist and surgeon, who described the condition in the mid-1860s.
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
pathology
sciences
glosses: A bilateral small pupil of the eye that reduces in size when the patient focuses on a near object but does not constrict when exposed to bright light. It is a sign of neurosyphilis.
Synonyms: sense: bilateral small pupil
word: AR pupil
sense: bilateral small pupil
word: prostitute's pupil
Marcus Gunn pupil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Marcus Gunn pupils
Etymology: Named after Scottish ophthalmologist Robert Marcus Gunn.
Senses: glosses: A pupil of the eye that exhibits unusually little constriction when a bright light is swung from the unaffected eye to the affected eye. It can be caused by a lesion of the optic nerve.
wikipedia: Robert Marcus Gunn
Marcus Gunn pupils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Marcus Gunn pupil
anisocoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anisocoric
form: most anisocoric
Etymology: From anisocoria + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting anisocoria.
anisocoric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anisocorics
Etymology: From anisocoria + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A person who exhibits anisocoria.
anisocorics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anisocoric
Edinger-Westphal nucleus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Edinger-Westphal nuclei
Etymology: Named after Ludwig Edinger, who demonstrated it in the fetus in 1885, and Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, who demonstrated it in the adult in 1887.
Senses: glosses: The accessory parasympathetic cranial nerve nucleus of the oculomotor nerve (cranial nerve III), supplying the constricting muscles of the iris and the ciliary muscle.
Parinaud's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named for Henri Parinaud (1844–1905), considered to be the father of French ophthalmology.
Senses: glosses: A group of abnormalities of eye movement and pupil dysfunction, caused by lesions of the upper brain stem.
Synonyms: dorsal midbrain syndrome
Related terms: Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome
Swissers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Swisser
Zurichers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zuricher
distinguos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distinguo
downgaze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downgazes
Etymology: From down + gaze.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The act of looking downward.
downgazes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of downgaze
Adie syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the British neurologist William John Adie.
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
pathology
sciences
glosses: A neurological disorder characterized by a tonically dilated pupil that reacts slowly to light but shows a more definite response to accommodation (i.e., light-near dissociation).
Synonyms: Adie's pupil
Adie's tonic pupil
Holmes-Adie syndrome
loom band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loom bands
form: loomband
Senses: glosses: A colourful rubber band, which when woven together can make bracelets; sold as a children's toy.
loom bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loom band
Adie's tonic pupil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Adie syndrome
Holmes-Adie syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the British neurologists William John Adie and Gordon Morgan Holmes, who independently described the same disease in 1931.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Adie syndrome.
synonyms: word: Adie syndrome
e-alert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-alerts
Etymology: From e- + alert.
Senses: glosses: An alert sent by e-mail or similar electronic means.
e-alerts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-alert
say on pay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A rule in corporate law whereby a firm's shareholders have the right to vote on the remuneration of executives.
have a word with oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has a word with oneself
form: having a word with oneself
form: had a word with oneself
form: had a word with oneself
Senses: examples: text: He thinks that everything revolves around him; he needs to have a word with himself.
glosses: To consider one's attitudes or behavior with a view to reform.
counterapplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterapplications
Etymology: From counter- + application.
Senses: examples: text: The nightclub owner applied for longer opening hours, but the police filed a counterapplication on the grounds that she had been breaching the conditions of the existing licence.
glosses: A legal request opposing an application by another party.
counterapplications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterapplication
travellator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travellators
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of travelator.
travellators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of travellator
aposematically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From aposematic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Some bees are aposematically coloured.
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: In an aposematic manner.
Chorley cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chorley cakes
Etymology: After the town of Chorley, Lancashire, England.
Senses: glosses: A flattened, fruit-filled pastry cake, resembling an Eccles cake but less sweet and using shortcrust pastry rather than a flaky kind.
Chorley cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chorley cake
hippie punching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Criticism of the political left, especially when used to position oneself as a moderate.
Eddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eddie
migan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: migans
form: Migan
Etymology: Borrowed from Fon mìgán (“migan”).
Senses: coordinate_terms: meu
glosses: The highest-ranking minister in the Kingdom of Dahomey.
castizos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castizo
netpicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netpickers
Etymology: Blend of net + nitpicker
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: One who engages in netpicking.
Related terms: netpicking
netpickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netpicker
snowball's chance in heck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Euphemistic form of snowball's chance in hell.
skunk pig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skunk pigs
Senses: glosses: peccary, javelina (Dicotyles tajacu).
roundswoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roundswomen
Etymology: From rounds + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A female worker who makes rounds, especially in order to deliver goods.
roundsperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roundspersons
form: roundspeople
Etymology: From round + -s- + person.
Senses: glosses: A worker who makes rounds, especially in order to deliver goods.
roundswomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roundswoman
roundspeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roundsperson
roundspersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roundsperson
icers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of icer
Taygeta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A triple star system in the constellation Taurus and a member of the Pleiades cluster.
Pleione
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a binary star in the Pleiades star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
Vopo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊpəʊ/
Forms: form: Vopos
form: Vopo
Etymology: From German Vopo m, abbreviation of Volkspolizist m (but see also Vopo f, also VoPo f, short for Volkspolizei f).
Senses: examples: text: He imagined the co-opted West German policeman who […] knew the bridge by heart and could tell the regulars from the casuals and spot the smallest bad omen the moment it occurred: the silent doubling of the watch, the Vopo sharpshooters easing softly into place.
ref: 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 360:
glosses: A member of the Volkspolizei.
Volkspolizei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Volkspolizei.
Senses: glosses: The national police force of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
hasbara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hebrew הַסְבָּרָה (hasbará, literally “explaining”).
Senses: examples: text: Hasbara is the Israeli euphemism for propaganda, and there are some things, said the late ambassador Yohanan Meroz, that are not 'hasbarable.' One of them is Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians.
ref: 2015, Gideon Levy, “Israeli Propaganda Isn't Fooling Anyone - Except Israelis”, in Haaretz:
hypernyms: propaganda
glosses: Public relations efforts or propaganda to defend abroad the point of view and policies of the State of Israel.
Derived terms: word: hasbarable
word: hasbarat
word: hasbarist
Related terms: Pallywood
officious intermeddlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of officious intermeddler
multipollutant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + pollutant.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to more than one pollutant.
technofinance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From techno- + finance.
Senses: glosses: Financial services and products managed mostly by technology, with little direct human involvement
glosses: Jobs that involve both finance and technology
oPt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The term occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) is used by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
ref: 2008, Palgrave Macmillan, Humanitarian Response Index 2008: Donor Accountability in Humanitarian Action, page 195:
text: […] many aspects of the lives of its inhabitants, according to international law, it must remain responsible for the health in the oPt.
ref: 2010, Elvira Beracochea, Rights-Based Approaches to Public Health, page 351:
text: Many actors are playing a role in the governance of Palestinian refugee camps. In Syria and Jordan, the state controls the camps […] the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Lebanon is radically different.
ref: 2014, Sari Hanafi, Leila Hilal, Lex Takkenberg, UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees:
glosses: Initialism of occupied Palestinian territories.
OPT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Occupied East Jerusalem.
ref: 2006 September 11, shergald, “Palestine: Weekly Report of Human Rights Violations”, in Daily Kos:
text: […] inside what is often referred to as the West Bank, but is officially labeled the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
ref: 2009, Moises F. Salinas, Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, p 45
text: Whether it is Said's identification of the PNA as Israel's surrogate occupier in the OPT, Jeff Halper's examination of Israel's continuing construction of a matrix of control of roads, parks and army bases in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, […]
ref: 2010, Sean F. McMahon, The Discourse of Palestinian-Israeli Relations, page 5
text: About 39 children in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) died between January and March 2008, while in 2007 […]
ref: 2013, Ann-Charlotte Nilsson, Children and Youth in Armed Conflict - Page 512
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of oPt.
examples: text: But there are many other programs mentioned in the draft that are important to the tech community. Programs like the J-1, for summer work travel, and the OPT, for international students to stay in the U.S. after graduating. Both were recently revised under the Obama administration. Also, the E-2 program, which is an investor visa, is subject to change.
ref: 2017 January 30, Sara Ashley O'Brien, “Trump's immigration reform: High-skilled visas may be next”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Initialism of Optional Practical Training.
McCloskey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /məˈklɒski/
Forms: form: McCloskeys
form: McClaskey
form: McCluskie
form: McClusky
form: McLuskie
form: McLusky
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: McCloskeyan
McCloskeyite
Related terms: MacCloskey
Macloskey
McCleskey
MacMillan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məkˈmɪlən/
Forms: form: McMillan
form: Macmillan
form: MacMillen
form: McMillen
form: Macmillen
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic. For many people so surnamed today (worldwide), their name can be traced back to the Clan MacMillan. The word roots are covered at McMillan.
Senses: glosses: A surname of Scottish origin.
wikipedia: Clan MacMillan
k-anonymity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A property possessed by certain anonymized data, such that the information for each person cannot be distinguished from at least k-1 other individuals whose information also appear in the release.
Lycaonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɪ.k(ə)ˈəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌlaɪ-/
ipa: /-keɪˈ-/
ipa: /ˌlɪ.k(ə)ˈoʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌlaɪ-/
ipa: /-keɪˈ-/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Lycaonian
form: most Lycaonian
Etymology: From Lycaonia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Lycaonia.
Lycaonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɪ.k(ə)ˈəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌlaɪ-/
ipa: /-keɪˈ-/
ipa: /ˌlɪ.k(ə)ˈoʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌlaɪ-/
ipa: /-keɪˈ-/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Lycaonians
Etymology: From Lycaonia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Lycaonia.
Lycaonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lycaonian
Charlieplexing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Charlie + multiplexing. It was proposed in early 1995 by Charlie Allen at Maxim Integrated.
Senses: glosses: A technique for driving a multiplexed display in which relatively few I/O pins on a microcontroller are used to drive an array of LEDs. It is based on tristate logic.
levigator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levigators
Etymology: From levigate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A person or tool that levigates.
levigators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of levigator
Lycaonia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɪ.k(ə)ˈəʊ.ni.ə/
ipa: /ˌlaɪ-/
ipa: /-keɪˈ-/
ipa: /ˌlɪ.k(ə)ˈoʊ.ni.ə/
ipa: /ˌlaɪ-/
ipa: /-keɪˈ-/
rhymes: -əʊniə
Etymology: From Latin Lycāonia, from Ancient Greek Λυκαονία (Lukaonía).
Senses: glosses: A large region in interior Asia Minor, north of the Taurus Mountains.
Derived terms: Lycaonian
it's not even funny
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: it's not funny
form: it isn't even funny
form: it isn't funny
form: it is not even funny
form: it is not funny
Senses: examples: text: Women's colleges have so much to offer it's not even funny.
ref: 2000, Loren Pope, Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools You Should Know about Even If You're Not a Straight-A Student, page 86:
text: I'm impressed with him on so many different levels it's not even funny.
ref: 2007, Dave Batista, Batista Unleashed, page 114:
text: We're so far from the head table that it's not even funny!
ref: 2014, Lynne D'Amico, Force of Mind, Song of Heart, page 61:
glosses: Used to indicate that a person, thing, or situation possesses a described characteristic to an extreme or unusual degree.
filksing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filksings
form: filk sing
Etymology: From filk + sing.
Senses: examples: text: Welcome to the Boskone Filksing!
ref: 1972, Karen Blank, The Boskone 9 Filk-Song Song Book, Table of Contents:
text: The next LA filksing will be February 21st in Garden Grove.
ref: 2004 February 1, Lee Gold, “Re: work-related ABEND till sometime after 8-February-2004”, in rec.music.filk (Usenet), message-ID <401D226F.5B501A45@comcast.net>:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A gathering of filkers; a filk-music performance.
filksings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filksing
rivercraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rivercraft
Etymology: From river + -craft.
Senses: glosses: Any vessel that travels along a river.
Johari window
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Johari windows
Etymology: From the first names of the American psychologists who created it: Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham.
Senses: glosses: A grid-like diagram used to help people understand their relationship with self and others. It contains various groupings of adjectives that describe the subject, in his/her own view and the view of others.
book of business
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: books of business
Senses: glosses: A collection of clients.
de-equitize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: de-equitizes
form: de-equitizing
form: de-equitized
form: de-equitized
form: de-equitise
Etymology: From de- + equitize.
Senses: glosses: To demote (a partner in a firm) to a salaried employee.
Derived terms: de-equitization
gallicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallicizations
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Gallicization.
Gallicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gallicizations
form: gallicization
form: Gallicisation
form: gallicisation
Etymology: From Gallicize + -ation, from Gallic + -ize, from Gallicus (“of or relating to Gaul and the Gauls”), used archaistically in New Latin and English in reference to modern France and the French. Cf. French gaulois and gallicisme.
Senses: examples: text: The Gallicization of Algeria—at least the cities on its northern coast—was a national project for over a century.
glosses: Synonym of Frenchification, the act or process of making French of more French-like, especially in formal and academic contexts.
synonyms: word: Frenchification
extra: the act or process of making French of more French-like, especially in formal and academic contexts
glosses: The act of translation into the French language.
glosses: A translation into the French language.
Synonyms: sense: translation, a translation
word: Frenchification
sense: translation, a translation
word: francization
sense: translation, a translation
word: frenchifying
gallicisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallicisations
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of gallicization: alternative letter-case form of Gallicization.
Gallicisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gallicisations
Etymology: From Gallic + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Gallicization.
Gallicizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gallicization
gallicizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallicization
gallicisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallicisation
Gallicisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gallicisation
femmeslash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From femme + slash.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of femslash.
Anglicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anglicizations
Senses: glosses: American and Oxford British English standard spelling of Anglicisation: alternative letter-case form of anglicisation.
over and over again
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Repeatedly; again and again; many times.
Synonyms: over and over
repeatedly
leftness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From left + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, early generative work recognized a leftness effect on pronoun antecedent relations (Langacker 1969) and the binding of pronouns by quantifiers and other operators (Postal 1972, Jacobson 1977, Chomsky 1976).
ref: 1995, Mary Dalrymple, Formal Issues in Lexical-functional Grammar, page 254:
text: The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards, which may result in the accumulation of an unidentified leftness determinant, which flows into the node symmetrically, on the left side of the node.
ref: 2006, Manfred Schliwa, Molecular Motors, page 359:
glosses: The property of being on, or moving toward, the left.
Related terms: rightness
Francisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of francization.
Duesy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Duesies
Etymology: From Duesenberg + -y.
Senses: glosses: A Duesenberg automobile.
hyperempathetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperempathetic
form: most hyperempathetic
form: hyper-empathetic
Etymology: From hyper- + empathetic.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps in reaction to Lola's lack of sensitivity, Wendy became hyper-empathetic, even to inanimate objects.
ref: 2011, Julie Salamon, Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein, unnumbered page:
text: It was upon the basis of these ideas that our species – hyperempathetic, hyper-cooperative, homo sapiens – was founded and upon which we have found vast success.
ref: 2024, Nathan J. Murphy, The Ideas That Rule Us: How Other People's Ideas Rule Our Lives and How to Change It, unnumbered page:
text: Hyper-empathetic people are deeply impacted by the energy and emotions of those around them.
ref: 2024, Megan Anna Neff, Self-Care for Autistic People: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Unmask!, page 68:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Experiencing heightened or intense empathy.
Related terms: hyperempathy
Duesies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Duesy