cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
boatmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boatmasters
Etymology: From Middle English botmeyster, equivalent to boat + master.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A person officially qualified to be in charge of a vessel of a specified category.
wonderweapon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wonderweapons
Etymology: Calque of German Wunderwaffe, equivalent to wonder + weapon.
Senses: glosses: A remarkably powerful weapon.
wonderweapons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wonderweapon
amphoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɑmpɜː/
/ˈɑmpəʊ/
Forms: form: amphoes
form: amphur
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai อำเภอ (am-pəə, “district”).
Senses: glosses: An administrative subdivision of Thailand, smaller than a changwat.
luckbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luckboxes
Etymology: From luck + box.
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A player whose successes are the result of good luck.
luckboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luckbox
unput
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + put.
Senses: examples: text: I really don't know how it is that my clothes always manage to come unput. Other girls look as smart and neat as a new pin all the time; my dresses and overalls get on one side immediately; all my buttons come undone […]
ref: 1932, Dikken Zwilgmeyer, The Little Northerners, page 196:
text: Nevertheless, here it all was, cast, pressed and spun, with plastic handles, wooden handles or metal handles, warranted by optimistic manufacturers never to get too hot, and never to come unput.
ref: 1947, Light Metals and Metal Industry, volume 10, page 263:
text: I saw the solid world come unput at our feet. I didn't see the logic: how you would leave behind friends, family, a fixed address, even your books, until one tactful line in the Hatched-Matched-and-Despatched: Died Suddenly.
ref: 2001, Philip Gross, Changes of Address: Poems 1980-1998, page 65:
glosses: undone or apart; in a state of disarray
unhounded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhounded
form: most unhounded
Etymology: From un- + hounded.
Senses: glosses: Not hounded.
unsequined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sequined.
Senses: glosses: Not sequined.
Wie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wies
form: Wi
Etymology: From Korean Wie (Wie), from 위 (wi), from 魏, from Chinese 魏.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Korean.
Wie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wies
form: Vanwie
form: VanWie
form: vanWie
form: Van Wie
form: van Wie
Etymology: From Dutch Van Wie, from van+Wie.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Wie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Dutch Wie.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Noardeast-Fryslan, Friesland, Netherlands.
wifework
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wife + work.
Senses: glosses: Housework etc. that a man's wife is traditionally expected to do.
anti-Tom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + Tom.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Belonging to a class of 19th-century pro-slavery novels and writings in response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.
EDMR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of electrically detected magnetic resonance.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.
Van Wie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Van Wies
form: Wie
form: Vanwie
form: VanWie
form: vanWie
form: van Wie
Etymology: From Dutch Van Wie, from van+Wie.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
glosses: A creek in New York, United States, a tributary of the Mohawk River; in full, Van Wie Creek.
Pilsworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A location in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8309 (approx)).
Great Chesterford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5042).
Related terms: Little Chesterford
defence lawyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defence lawyers
Senses: examples: text: Over the past 25 years, as a criminal defence lawyer, I have seen first-hand how criminal justice works, not just in Britain but around the world.
ref: 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: defense attorney
young offender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: young offenders
Senses: examples: text: Utterly contradictory policies towards young offenders prevailed in the 80s and 90s, veering between the exploration of non-custodial alternatives and increased sentence lengths, introduced by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act of 1994.
ref: 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A child who has been convicted of a criminal offense.
weapons offence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weapons offences
Senses: examples: text: Despite a reduction in the number of young prisoners in recent years, some innovations, such as mandatory detention for young offenders for certain weapons offences, have once again seen the return of the “get tough” approach.
ref: 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The possession or use of a weapon when committing a crime.
YOI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: YOIs
Senses: examples: text: Considered by many to be even more dangerous than adult prisons, establishments such as Feltham YOI, west of London, closely replicate the feral violence of custodial institutions in the Victorian age.
ref: 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Initialism of young offender institution.
Kielburger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kielburgers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
youth custody centre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: youth custody centres
Senses: examples: text: youth custody centres and juvenile facilities all over the world, are one of the most effective methods ever invented to increase rates of reoffending and worsen levels of crime by young people.
ref: 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: (dated) A young offender institution (YOI).
shock to the system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shocks to the system
Senses: examples: text: One former inmate, “Jason”, spoke of his stays in seven different institutions between the ages of 14 and 17. “At first it was a bit of a shock to the system not having your family around, and then I got used to it,” he said.
ref: 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: something that has a sudden and usually unpleasant effect on someone.
headline-grabber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headline-grabbers
Senses: examples: text: ‘Recidivism” – the tendency to reoffend – is a word that is largely confined to criminology lectures, official statistics and the occasional government report. It is not a headline-grabber like “hooligan”, “thug” or “teen gangster”.
ref: 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A person or event that attracts prominent notice in the news media.
tub-thumping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Throughout all of these waves of media and political tub-thumping about youth crime, and subsequent policies on child sentencing, one thing above all shines through: recidivism.
ref: 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:
text: The other option – typified by the unapologetically noncharismatic leaders of Britain and Germany, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Friedrich Merz – has been to persuade the electorate they’ll work hard to deliver sustainable policy results on issues like immigration, and above all, economic growth, in a way that tub-thumping populists simply cannot.
ref: 2025 July 24, Ned Temko, “In Japan, too, voters want their country to be ‘great again’”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: Alternative form of tubthumping.
LWOP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of leave without pay.
examples: text: In two of these studies, LWOP inmates had rates of prison misconduct that were equivalent to parole-eligible inmates.
ref: 2008, Matt DeLisi, Peter John Conis, Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Public Policy, and Practice, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 244:
qualifier: criminal law
glosses: Initialism of life (sentence) without (the possibility of) parole.
knife crime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knife crimes
Senses: examples: text: Despite all the media coverage around antisocial behaviour, knife crime and young people, we have actually seen a sharp decline in the overall number of recorded crimes committed by children.
ref: 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Criminal activity involving knives, especially when gang-related.
on any view
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: There would on any view be important problems of citizenship, as the ways of operating of an individual within a community, but what I am suggesting is that the theories in question are opposed to any real or active citizenship, that active citizenship is a function of the plurality of social activities, of the clash of ways of living.
ref: 2007, John Anderson, Creagh McLean Cole, Lectures on Political Theory: 1941-45:
text: I respectfully suggest that it is on any view wrong to introduce into this branch of the criminal law questions whether particular contracts are void or voidable on the grounds of mistake or fraud or whether any mistake is sufficiently fundamental to vitiate a contract.
ref: 2013, Michael Allen, Textbook on Criminal Law, page 334:
text: It is not and cannot be suggested that that part of the cargo was suitable for any use without being treated. It follows, in my judgment, that on any view of the meaning of merchantable quality this cargo was not merchantable.
ref: 2016, Andrea Lista, International Commercial Sales:
text: One explanation for falling crime rates in certain categories is undoubtedly that there are fewer police officers to make arrests, fewer prosecutors to bring charges and fewer courts to sentence offenders. But, on any view, the figures show that reduced use of custody does not mean big increases in crime by children – quite the opposite.
ref: 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Without any other possible opinion; undeniably; unquestionably.
examples: text: While you can use font(_:) on any view because it is a component of the View protocol, you can use bold() only on Text views
ref: 2022, Sufyan bin Uzayr, Mastering Swift: A Beginner's Guide:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, any, view.
design flaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: design flaws
Senses: examples: text: Sovereign was destroyed while assuming direct control over Saren. The feedback from Saren's death seemed to entirely overload Sovereign's shields. Current Reapers do not seem to suffer from this design flaw.
ref: 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Reaper Vulnerabilities Codex entry:
text: Imagine if a manufacturer were building cars that crashed at a rate of 40% a year, due to a design flaw. There would be an uproar.
ref: 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A flaw in the design of something.
propstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propsticks
form: prop-stick
form: prop stick
Etymology: From prop + stick.
Senses: glosses: Any stick or pole used to prop something up.
examples: text: When the sun went down she could have seen the assiduous Squeaker lower the new prop-sticks and considerately stoop to gather the pegs his inconsiderate new mate had dropped.
ref: 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 22:
glosses: Formerly, a forked stick used to raise the height of a clothesline with wet washing drying on it; a clothesprop.
propsticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propstick
clothesprop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clothesprops
form: clothes-prop
form: clothes prop
form: clo' prop
Etymology: From clothes + prop.
Senses: glosses: Formerly, a forked stick used to raise the height of a clothesline with wet washing drying on it.
clothesprops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clothesprop
hamburg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamburgs
Senses: examples: text: "I remember Deloney," the man said. "I waited on him in my father's hamburg joint once or twice.
ref: 1964, Ross Macdonald, chapter 22, in The Chill:
glosses: hamburger (food)
glosses: ground beef; hamburger meat
hamburg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hamburgs
form: hamburging
form: hamburged
form: hamburged
Senses: examples: text: The reporter even contacted Fiona Richmond, who remained a close friend of Raymond's. 'I phoned PR to tell him they were hamburging me (a wonderful Grenadian expression for annoying me),' she recalled, 'and he said, "I know. What you do is ask them for lots of money, and then you and I will make up some stuff and then you can share the money you get with me."'
ref: 2013, Paul Willetts, The Look of Love: The Life and Times of Paul Raymond, Soho's King of Clubs:
glosses: To annoy.
backararar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more backararar
form: most backararar
Senses: examples: text: […]their appearance even excited the slaves in Barbadoes, who used to say when they saw them together, "That ittle backararar man go all over world, see for that backararar woman for himself."
ref: 1815, [[w:Roberts Vaux|Roberts Vaux]], Memoirs of the Lives of Benjamin Lay and Ralph Sandiford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States: Solomon W. Conrad, page 21:
glosses: White or European.
CASB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Canadian Aviation Safety Board, a predecessor to the TSB (“Transportation Safety Board”).
CASB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CASBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of civil aviation safety bureau/board.
Related terms: sense: civil aviation safety board
english: transport safety bureau
translation: transport safety bureau
word: TSB
Gebal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Byblos.
Spocks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspäks/
rhymes: -ɒks
homophone: spox
Senses: glosses: plural of Spock
Spocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspäks/
rhymes: -ɒks
homophone: spox
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Spock
Mr. Spock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The asteroid was named after the discoverer’s (James B. Gibson’s) cat, “Mr. Spock”, itself named after the fictional character.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Spock (fictional character from Star Trek).
examples: text: I happen to have the Asteroid Mr. Spock on my Ascendant, and have been compared to the Vulcan in physical appearance for many years, even before I found out I had that asteroid on my ascendant. Spooky, huh?
ref: 1995, Estelle Daniels, Astrologickal Magick, page 265:
text: Mr. Spock the asteroid was therefore named for Mr. Spock the long-deceased feline who was named for Mr. Spock the Vulcan who was named for ... I guess we'd need to ask the Star Trek scriptwriters what they thought about the famous American writer on child rearing, Dr. Benjamin Spock.
ref: 2007, Duncan Steel, chapter 12, in Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar:
text: Time ticked slowly by; literally ticked, the computer was now on count down until Saturn. They passed the Mr. Spock and then the Frank Zappa, both asteroids. Just as they were coming to the end of
ref: 2015, Meg Funk, Fred and the Snarrfles:
glosses: An asteroid in Main Asteroid Belt, Solar System; discovered in 1971, the 2309th asteroid registered.
Related terms: sense: asteroid
word: Nimoy
sense: asteroid
word: 4864 Nimoy
sense: asteroid
word: 1988 RA5
Main Belt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Main Belt
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of main belt.
Nimoys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nimoy
LLAP
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of live long and prosper.
Llap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Albanian Llap.
Senses: glosses: A river in Kosovo.
glosses: A region of Kosovo.
Synonyms: Lab
broke wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break wind
Daedalean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Daedalean
form: most Daedalean
Senses: examples: text: Our bodies deck'd in our Daedalean' arms.
ref: c. 1624, George Chapman, Batrachomyomachia (The Battle of Frogs and Mice)
glosses: Alternative spelling of Daedalian.
elasipod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elasipods
Senses: glosses: Synonym of elasipodid.
synonyms: word: elasipodid
elasipods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elasipod
Lawson comfort criterion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lawson comfort criteria
Senses: glosses: A criterion used by urban planners and architects to assess how comfortable the wind around buildings is for pedestrians.
Related terms: Lawson criterion
outdiffuse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outdiffuses
form: outdiffusing
form: outdiffused
form: outdiffused
Etymology: From out + diffuse.
Senses: glosses: To diffuse out from a surface
Da Nang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːnæŋ/
/dəˈnæŋ/
Forms: form: Danang
form: Đà Nẵng
Etymology: From Vietnamese Đà Nẵng, from Eastern Cham Da Nak, from da nak (“opening of the river”). Named after the mouth of the Han River on the coast of the South China Sea, in Central Vietnam, formerly in Champa.
Senses: examples: text: She, Thanh and Minh were to leave tonight for Da Nang, where a boat would be waiting to take them to Hong Kong.
ref: 2023, Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls, 4th Estate, page 9:
glosses: A city in central Vietnam.
Danang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Da Nang; A city in Central Vietnam, South Vietnam, Vietnam.
hooshta
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: hooshtah
Senses: examples: text: As a rule the temper of a camel is very good; the driver guiding it by ropes fixed by string to a stud, very similar in every way to a collar stud, which is put through the nostril of the beast, and a tug at this, with an accompanying word of command, such as "Hooshta," when it is wanted to lie down, is generally sufficient inducement to make it do what it is told.
ref: 1895 July 6, The West Australian, Perth, page 6, column 8:
text: Some day a solitary prospector will say "Hooshtah" to his camel, and, on the intelligent beast kneeling down, will dismount, and prepare to camp.
ref: 1903 November 28, The World's News, Sydney, page 14, column 3:
glosses: A call made to a camel to direct it to stand, sit, go, etc.
cultural capital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of French capital culturel, coined by French sociologists Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron (1970).
Senses: examples: text: If you like: if economic capital is what you have, cultural capital is what you know, social capital is whom you know. […] Unless educational resources make some attempt to reverse the flow of cultural capital transmitted in the home then the end result will be enhanced forms of cultural inequality.
ref: 2007, Tim Edwards, Cultural Theory, SAGE, →ISBN, page 265:
text: [Carl] Wilson tends to side with the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, who argues that taste is never disinterested: It’s a form of social currency, or “cultural capital,” that we use to stockpile prestige.
ref: 2007 December 13, Sam Anderson, “Taster’s Choice”, in New York:
text: […]I had an excess of cultural capital and a lack of actual capital; […]
ref: 2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
coordinate_terms: economic capital
human capital
political capital
social capital
sexual capital
glosses: The social assets of a person, such as education, intellect, style of speech or dress, etc. that promote social mobility.
wikipedia: Jean-Claude Passeron
Pierre Bourdieu
Derived terms: subcultural capital
Related terms: privilege
activity book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: activity books
Senses: coordinate_terms: busy book
glosses: A book for children with interactive content such as games, puzzles, and pictures to be coloured in.
activity books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of activity book
multibag
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + bag.
Senses: examples: text: On top of the silo is a multibag dust collector through which all transporting air is exfiltrated from the silo.
ref: 1967, Power Plant Engineering, volume 71, numbers 1-6, page 32:
glosses: Involving or consisting of more than one bag.
multibag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multibags
Etymology: From multi- + bag.
Senses: examples: text: Each unit load can also be overwrapped completely in multibags, without any of the usual back-breaking work of manually transferring and restacking, and fitting slings or nets when the load is inverted.
ref: 1985, Wood Southern Africa, volume 11, page 48:
text: Expendable multibags fabricated of L-P-378 material […] provide an economical method of consolidating small packages for low volume DSS shipments.
ref: 1989, Preparation of Freight for Air Shipment, page 42:
glosses: A packaging composed of multiple bags contained within a larger one
multibags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multibag
Dahl appliance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dahl appliances
Etymology: Named after Bjorn L. Dahl from the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Oslo.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A removable metal bite platform used to generate space between the upper and lower jaws, typically to aid the placement of fillings on worn front teeth.
Related terms: Dahl effect
Dahl appliances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dahl appliance
mere exposure effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mere exposure effects
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The phenomenon whereby people tend to develop a preference for something merely because they are familiar with it.
Related terms: propinquity
mere exposure effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mere exposure effect
least worst
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Least bad; the best among unsatisfactory alternatives.
stream sniping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streamsniping
Senses: glosses: The act or practice of stream sniping.
stream sniping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: streamsniping
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stream snipe.
overgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overgoers
form: over-goer
Etymology: From Middle English overgoer, from overgon, equivalent to overgo + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who goes over (something); an overcomer, conqueror.
overgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overgoer
coattailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coattail
coattailing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coattail
cultural script
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cultural scripts
Senses: glosses: A person's set of behaviors for interacting with others in certain situations according to cultural norms.
cultural scripts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cultural script
Wierzbickan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Wierzbickan
form: most Wierzbickan
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Anna Wierzbicka (born 1938), Polish linguist.
selenotopography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From seleno- + topography.
Senses: glosses: The topography of the Moon
Bertrand's paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician.
Senses: topics: mathematics
probability
sciences
glosses: A problem within the classical interpretation of probability theory, illustrating how the principle of indifference may not produce definite, well-defined results for probabilities if it is applied uncritically when the domain of possibilities is infinite.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A hypothetical phenomenon where if the number of firms producing a product goes from one to two or more selling identical products with identical manufacturing costs, the price would be expected to decrease from the high price which one monopolistic firm would charge to a competitive at-cost price, if consumers choose which product to buy based solely on price and the firms try to undercut each other.
mentobregmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mento- + bregmatic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the mentum and the bregma.
Derived terms: submentobregmatic
mentovertical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mento- + vertical.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the mentum and the vertex.
Derived terms: submentovertical
reacclimatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of reacclimatizing.
reappropriator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reappropriators
Senses: glosses: One who reappropriates something.
reappropriators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reappropriator
Lewis reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lewis reactions
Etymology: Named after Thomas Lewis (cardiologist), who first described the effect in 1930.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hunting reaction.
synonyms: word: hunting reaction
wikipedia: Thomas Lewis (cardiologist)
Lewis reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lewis reaction
hunting reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hunting reactions
Senses: synonyms: hunting response
Lewis reaction
glosses: A process of alternating vasoconstriction and vasodilation in extremities exposed to cold.
hunting response
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hunting responses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hunting reaction.
synonyms: word: hunting reaction
Basic English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From basic + English.
Senses: coordinate_terms: plain English
glosses: A simplified controlled language based on English and intended for international communication and TESL.
uppies and downies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The "uppies" and "downies" were the residents of the top (east) and bottom (west) of the town, which slopes down towards the sea.
Senses: glosses: A traditional ball game played in Workington, West Cumbria, England, with the object of "hailing the ball" (throwing it up in the air three times) at the opposing team's goal.
uppy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌ.pi/
Forms: form: uppier
form: uppiest
Etymology: From up + -y
Senses: examples: text: He says 'Oh, why not', he likes to know the reasons why, but he doesn't get uppy about it […]
ref: 1979, Tony Gibson, People Power: Community and Work Groups in Action, page 41:
text: 'Don't get uppy with me, son. Give me that back.'
ref: 2008, Simon Lewis, Bad Traffic:
glosses: Synonym of uppity.
synonyms: word: uppity
uppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌ.pi/
Forms: form: uppies
Etymology: From up + -y
Senses: examples: text: “I want uppy," he whined. The boat sped up my throat and I caught it in a weedy thrash of my hair. He whined and I played. More and more terrifically I played, making great splashes and bubbly creations.
ref: 2001 03, Victoria Redel, Loverboy:
text: Typically she attaches other words onto pivot words, such as “want cookie,” “want Mama,” or “want uppy.” In a few months, she combines three or more words and can do so in a grammatically correct sequence, for example, “Mama go bye-bye.”
ref: 2008 December 1, JoAn Vaughan, Let's Grandparent: Activity Guide for Young Grandchildren, IAP, →ISBN, page 39:
text: whining. For most parents, it's like nails on a chalkboard. It's the high- pitched whiiiiiine. Do any of these sound familiar? “Youuuuuu do it, Mommy.” “Uppy, I want uppy.” Funny how a tone of voice can be our undoing.
ref: 2011 February 11, Alyson Schafer, Ain't Misbehavin': Tactics for Tantrums, Meltdowns, Bedtime Blues and Other Perfectly Normal Kid Behaviors, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 12:
text: “I want uppy, too.” The Bean pouted and stuck his thumb into his mouth. “How about if we put you in charge of Buddy?” Mom asked. She winked at Lizzie and Charles. They all knew Buddy was so well behaved that he didn't really need anyone[…]
ref: 2011 November 1, Ellen Miles, Chewy and Chica (The Puppy Place Special Edition), Scholastic Inc., →ISBN:
text: I WANT UPPY DADA! WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME WHILE I'M ALONE WITH THE GIRLS? WHAT IF -- OKAY, STOP THINKING ABOUT IT! LET'S JUST WALK FOR NOW, OKAY? UPPY, DADA!
ref: 2022 May 20, Adrian Tomine, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, Drawn & Quarterly, →ISBN:
synonyms: uppies
upsies
antonyms: downsies
glosses: The act of being held up, e.g. carried on one's parent's shoulder or back.
Related terms: sticky-uppy
ulcerousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ulcerous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being ulcerous.
ulcero-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: ulcer
ulicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ulicons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eulachon.
ulicons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ulicon
ultranational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æʃənəl
Forms: form: more ultranational
form: most ultranational
Etymology: From ultra- + national.
Senses: examples: text: The legitimacy based on a revolutionary essence was replaced by legitimacy with an ultranational, ultra-Yugoslav character.
ref: 2000, Stuart Nagel, Handbook of Global International Policy, page 193:
glosses: ultranationalist
ultraparadoxical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + paradoxical.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Relating to the third and final stage in Pavlov's theory of transmarginal inhibition, at which point negative stimulation results in positive responses and vice versa.
ultraconservatisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultraconservatism
ultrasegregationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrasegregationists
Etymology: From ultra- + segregation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who is strongly in favour of racial segregation.
ultrasegregationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultrasegregationist
umbellulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From umbellule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Having umbellules.
umbiliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more umbiliform
form: most umbiliform
Senses: glosses: Shaped like an umbilicus.
umbracular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to an umbraculum.
Related terms: umbraculate
umbrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more umbrous
form: most umbrous
Senses: glosses: Of an umber colour.
uneducably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uneducably
form: most uneducably
Senses: glosses: To such an extent as to be uneducable.
unaccountabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unaccountability
educably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more educably
form: most educably
Etymology: From educable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an educable way.
unapostolically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unapostolically
form: most unapostolically
Etymology: From unapostolic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an unapostolic manner.
unapostolical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unapostolical
form: most unapostolical
Senses: glosses: Synonym of unapostolic.
synonyms: word: unapostolic
unanalyzably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unanalyzably
form: most unanalyzably
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unanalysably.
unanalysably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unanalysably
form: most unanalysably
form: unanalyzably
Etymology: From unanalysable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Such that it cannot be analysed.
unconstitutionalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unconstitutionality
underfinished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underfinished
form: most underfinished
Etymology: From under- + finished.
Senses: antonyms: overfinished
wasty
glosses: Of animals reared for meat: having less fat than is desirable.
undersawyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undersawyers
Etymology: From under- + sawyer.
Senses: examples: text: As he was sawing into boards a very large oak-tree, something fell from the very heart of it almost into his mouth, for poor Ebenezer was only an undersawyer.
ref: 1872, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Clara Vaughan, volume 1, page 125:
glosses: A sawyer who works in a sawpit, underneath the wood being sawn.
undersawyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undersawyer
undersecretariat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undersecretariats
Etymology: From under- + secretariat.
Senses: examples: text: Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez served as head of the Undersecretariat of Prevention and Health Promotion at the Mexican Secretariat of Health.
glosses: A subdivision of a secretariat.
undersecretariats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undersecretariat
underutilizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underutilization
underutilisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underutilisation
unundulating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + undulating.
Senses: glosses: Not undulating.
Alne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɔːln/
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4965).
glosses: A river in Warwickshire, England, which flows into the River Arrow at Alcester.
Derived terms: Great Alne
uneffected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + effected.
Senses: glosses: Not effected; not put into practice.
unidimensionalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unidimensionality
unletted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unletted
form: most unletted
Etymology: From un- + letted.
Senses: glosses: unhindered; unrestricted
urbanologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urbanology
uredium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uredia
Senses: glosses: Synonym of uredinium.
synonyms: word: uredinium
uredia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uredium
ornithomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ornithomorphic
form: most ornithomorphic
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a bird.
orogenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From orogenic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, orogeny.
cupulometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cupulometry.
orienters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orienter
Alcester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒlstɚ/
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP0957).
packsheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: packsheets
Etymology: From pack + sheet.
Senses: glosses: A sheet in which wool is packed.
packsheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of packsheet
paganiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paganisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paganizer.
paganisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paganiser
paganizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paganization
paideutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paideutic
form: most paideutic
Senses: glosses: Relating to paideutics.
pailletted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pailletted
form: most pailletted
Etymology: From paillette + -ed.
Senses: examples: a pailletted gown
glosses: Decorated with sequins or spangles.
pancosmism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: materialism
physicalism
glosses: The belief that nothing exists except the physical and temporal universe.
Related terms: pancosmic
pancosmist
Whiteheadians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Whiteheadian
pedanticize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pedanticizes
form: pedanticizing
form: pedanticized
form: pedanticized
Etymology: From pedantic + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To be a pedant.
glosses: To make pedantic.
pedanticizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pedanticize
pedanticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pedanticize
pedanticized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pedanticize
peirastically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more peirastically
form: most peirastically
Etymology: From peirastic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a peirastic manner.
pekapoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pekapoos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peekapoo.
pekepoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pekepoos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peekapoo.
pekeapoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pekeapoo
pekapoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pekapoo
pekepoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pekepoo
peishwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peishwas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peshwa.
peishwah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peishwahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peshwa.
peishwahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peishwah
peishwas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peishwa
penelopising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of penelopise
penetralian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more penetralian
form: most penetralian
Senses: glosses: Relating to the penetralia.
permanentness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From permanent + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: permanence
permanency
glosses: The quality of being permanent.
persecutional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more persecutional
form: most persecutional
Etymology: From persecution + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to persecution.
perseverators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perseverator
perseverativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From perseverative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being perseverative.
Kawarau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Otago, New Zealand, which flows from Lake Wakatipu to Lake Dunstan near Cromwell.
Arrow with Weethley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England.
Weethley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Arrow with Weethley parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP0555).
cutting garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutting gardens
Senses: examples: text: North of the rose garden and connecting with it is a cutting garden, which is bordered by a hedge of climbing roses.
ref: 1916 March 10, Auburn Seminary Record, volume 12:
text: All the plants in a cutting garden are grown specifically for flower arranging (as opposed to a general diversified landscape), but they are positioned to create a pleasing garden design.
ref: 1999, Jan Gertley, Dried Flowers for All Seasons: Creating the Fresh-Flower Look Year-Round:
text: The sunflower series, the irises, the cutting gardens of Provence, his series of floral bouquets while living in Paris, all are images that remain indelible in our minds among his tremendous outpouring of work.
ref: 2001, Derek Fell, Van Gogh's Gardens, page 10:
glosses: A garden designed to provide flowers to be cut and used in arrangements.
cutting gardens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutting garden
headboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From headboard + -ed.
Senses: examples: a walnut-headboarded bed
glosses: Having a headboard (of a specified kind).
trash heap of history
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the trash heap of history
Etymology: In a similar form (“that great dust heap called ‘history’”) used by English essayist Augustine Birrell in 1887 (but in use before), popularized by Leon Trotsky in reference to the Mensheviks (1917).
Senses: examples: text: As I talked with Billy, it suddenly hit me that I needed to do something—no matter how minor—to save these stories from the trash heap of history.
ref: 2012, Michael Bellesiles, A People's History of the U.S. Military, The New Press, →ISBN:
text: My ONLY hero is Muhammad Mustafa SAW and whatever he gave us will prevail and every thing else that stands against it is doomed to be decimated and end up in the trash heap of history, as you put it.
ref: 2016, Kaare Sørensen, quoting David Headley, The Mind of a Terrorist, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
synonyms: ash heap of history
dust heap of history
garbage heap of history
ashcan of history
dustbin of history
landfill of history
trash bin of history
glosses: A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.
wikipedia: Augustine Birrell
Leon Trotsky
client base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: client bases
Senses: glosses: Synonym of customer base.
synonyms: word: customer base
consumer base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consumer bases
Senses: glosses: Synonym of customer base.
synonyms: word: customer base
earn one's corn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: earns one's corn
form: earning one's corn
form: earned one's corn
form: earned one's corn
form: earnt one's corn
form: earnt one's corn
Senses: glosses: Synonym of earn one's keep.
synonyms: word: earn one's keep
learn one's lesson
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: learns one's lesson
form: learning one's lesson
form: learned one's lesson
form: learned one's lesson
form: learnt one's lesson
form: learnt one's lesson
Senses: glosses: To learn to avoid repeating a mistake.
put out of one's mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts out of one's mind
form: putting out of one's mind
form: put out of one's mind
form: put out of one's mind
Senses: synonyms: get out of one's mind
put out of one's head
get out of one's head
glosses: To avoid thinking about something.
trash television
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of trash TV.
synonyms: word: trash TV
net balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of net ball
Pilmoor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A scattered settlement in Brafferton and Helperby parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Brafferton parish and Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4672).
rolling boil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rolling boils
Etymology: Because the convection within the liquid produces strong currents that tend to swirl rapidly in circular patterns from bottom to surface and back again.
Senses: examples: text: House of the Dragon has sucked up the spotlight. It has attracted tweets, theories, memes, discussions, all on a rolling boil since the first episode.
ref: 2022 October 17, Stuart Heritage, “Now it’s over, let’s come out and say it: The Rings of Power was a stinker”, in The Guardian:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: The boiling of a liquid rapidly with plenty of bubbling, which (unlike simmering) roils the liquid and thus may break up or alter the shape of ingredients.
wikipedia: convection (heat transfer)
rolling boils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rolling boil
ash heap of history
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The only accountability we can hope for is that gun extremists like you are thrown into the ash heap of history.
ref: 2023 May 7, Victoria Bekiempis, quoting Shannon Watts, “‘Spare us your prayers’: Ted Cruz faces backlash after Texas mall shooting kills eight”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Synonym of trash heap of history.
synonyms: word: trash heap of history