cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bookjacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bookjackets
form: book
form: jacket
Etymology: From book + jacket.
Senses: examples: text: Under certain circumstances and because of the method of application, lamination of all but the flaps of a bookjacket can prove more costly...
ref: 1965, The Bookseller: The Organ of the Book Trade:
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: The jacket of a book.
Synonyms: dust jacket
dustcover
niggah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niggahs
form: niggahz
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: examples: text: The three of us were hanging out rapping in Hamilton projects with some niggahs Pimp had got tight with on Rikers Island.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 103:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Alternative spelling of nigga.
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of nigger, representing African-American Vernacular and US Southern English.
embarrassedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more embarrassedly
form: most embarrassedly
Etymology: From embarrassed + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Charles Gantvoort's pale face flushed a little, and he cleared his throat embarrassedly.
ref: 1931, Dashiell Hammett, The Glass Key:
glosses: In an embarrassed manner.
chiacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chiack
fish out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fishes out
form: fishing out
form: fished out
form: fished out
Senses: examples: text: Settlers came and soon fished out the lake.
glosses: To catch all or nearly all the fish in (a given body of water), so that few or none remain.
examples: text: Losing nearly a third of the heavy cruisers, including Admiral Kurita's flagship, the Atago, was not an especially-auspicious start to the operation, especially with the admiral himself having to be fished out of the water by a destroyer.
ref: 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 5:34 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
glosses: To pick up or pull something or someone from (a body of water).
examples: text: I fished out my keys from the bottom of my bag.
text: I fished out some information from some old copies of the local gazette.
glosses: To search for by rummaging, and then extract (an item from e.g. a container); to obtain.
trumpetfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trumpetfish
form: trumpetfishes
Etymology: From trumpet + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of the fish in the family Aulostomidae family of tube-shaped fish.
glosses: Any of the fish in the family Aulostomidae family of tube-shaped fish.
especially Aulostomus maculatus.
glosses: A longspine snipefish, Macroramphosus scolopax.
Derived terms: Atlantic trumpetfish
Chinese trumpetfish
West Atlantic trumpetfish
Related terms: cornetfish
costumal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From costume + -al.
Senses: examples: text: […] desirous of being acquainted with the costumal history of those times […]
ref: 1865, Shearjashub Spooner, A Biographical History of the Fine Arts:
glosses: Pertaining to costume or dress.
liberalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liberalisations
Etymology: From liberalise + -ation or liberal + -isation.
Senses: examples: text: As the principal link between the satellite states, the "Balt-Orient Express" is the train most affected by the gradual liberalisation of travel, and had frequently to be strengthened or duplicated during the summer of 1956.
ref: 1957 November 24, 'Fahrplanschriftleiter', “International Passenger Services in Eastern Europe”, in Railway Magazine, page 802:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of liberalization.
Derived terms: neoliberalisation
costume drama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: costume dramas
Senses: examples: text: From the works of Jane Austen and novels including Waugh's Brideshead Revisited (1945), D H Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928), Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love (1945), Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca (1938), and Ian McEwan's Atonement (2001) to costume dramas such as Downton Abbey and Bridgerton, there's a particular narrative allure to houses full of secrets and staff quarters.
ref: 2023 November 13, Rosalind Jana, “Saltburn and the bizarre life of Britain's stately homes”, in BBC:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A period piece featuring elaborate costumes which capture the atmosphere of the portrayed era.
matchflare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matchflares
Etymology: From match + flare.
Senses: examples: text: I am a matchflare / you are another / Together / for an instant / we pierce the surrounding / dark
ref: 1979, Irving Layton, Droppings from Heaven:
text: In the next matchflare I saw names carved into a dry section over my head: Vivian, David, Robert, Mel.
ref: 2000, Anthony Lawrence, In the Half Light:
glosses: The flaring of a lit match.
plipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plippers
Etymology: From plip + -er. So-called for the plip sound made when the car is unlocked.
From its french inventor Paul Lipschutz (head of Neiman, maker of car anti-theft device for cars ) who created it in 1978.
Senses: glosses: A remote-control device used to unlock a car without having to put the keys into the lock.
Synonyms: electronic car key
Hypernyms: key fob
keyfob
irreversibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of irreversibility
capsulization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capsulizations
form: capsulisation
Etymology: From capsulize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: This fable is a capsulization of a certain moral philosophy.
glosses: The act or process of capsulizing
examples: text: Modern society has led to a great capsulization of daily life.
text: Silicone implants can lead to capsulization and tissue damage.
glosses: Formation of or into capsules or compartments
Related terms: capsulation
overdispersion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overdispersions
Etymology: From over- + dispersion.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The presence of greater dispersion in a data set than would be expected according to the statistical model in use.
overvaluation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overvaluations
Etymology: From over- + valuation.
Senses: examples: text: First, it is obviously of benefit if it corrects a pre-existing overvaluation.
ref: 1957, Rollin George Thomas, Our Modern Banking and Monetary System:
synonyms: overevaluation
glosses: An instance of overvaluing.
turfdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turfdoms
Etymology: From turf + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: The eyes of turfdom are turned tomorrow to the Blue Grass stakes at Lexington […]
ref: 1921 April 30, “Turfdom Eyes Derby Starters Who Race Today”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013:
glosses: The sport of horse racing
examples: text: Monastics of all ages should be on the lookout for the danger of turfdom. Having been given a job to do, they make it into their kingdom where no one else may enter.
ref: 1997, Francis Kline, Lovers of the Place, →ISBN, page 65:
glosses: Territoriality
examples: text: It may be necessary to meet in private with one or more of the senior staff to remind them that the organization is looking to build teams, not turfdoms.
ref: 1992, James P. Gelatt, Managing Nonprofit Organizations in the 21st Century, page 141:
glosses: A private domain, especially in academic settings
Synonyms: word: territoriality
word: turfism
sense: private domain
word: fiefdom
sense: private domain
word: territory
sense: private domain
word: bailiwick
Related terms: turfism
turf battle
turfdoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turfdom
Obamanomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /oʊˌbɑ.məˈnɑ.mɪks/
Etymology: Blend of Obama + economics, equivalent to Obama + -nomics. See Related terms below.
Senses: topics: economics
government
politics
sciences
glosses: The economic policies of Barack Obama.
Related terms: Obamamania
Obamunism
ObamaCare
trupial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trupials
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of troupial.
troupial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹuːpɪəl/
Forms: form: troupials
Etymology: French troupiale, from troupe (“troop”), so named because they live in flocks.
Senses: glosses: Any of three South American birds of the genus Icterus.
glosses: Any bird of the American family Icteridae; an icterid.
Hyponyms: Venezuelan troupial
Icterus icterus
campo troupial
Icterus jamacaii
orange-backed troupial
Icterus croconotus
uniquified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uniquify
transfectant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transfectants
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cell that has incorporated nucleic acid of another species through transfection.
Derived terms: monotransfectant
untick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈtɪk/
Forms: form: unticks
form: unticking
form: unticked
form: unticked
Etymology: From un- + tick.
Senses: glosses: (UK) To uncheck; to remove a tick mark from.
unticked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not ticked; unchecked.
unticked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of untick
ox is in the ditch
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: the ox is in the ditch
Etymology: An allusion to the urgency and difficulty of extracting an ox from a ditch in which it has become mired.
Senses: examples: text: "The ox is in the ditch," said she, referring to the New Testament excuse for Sabbath work where the need is great, "and Billy must mend this gate if it is Sunday."
ref: 1904, Clifton Johnson, Highways and Byways of the South, Macmillan, page 169:
text: In talking to his staff, Lyndon B. Johnson always announced the onset of catastrophe with the statement: "The ox is in the ditch!"
ref: 1987 March 6, George Reedy, “Can the President Still Lead?”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Nov 2008:
text: "It's obvious that the ox is in the ditch big time," said Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. The Postal Service is projecting up to $5 billion in losses over the next two years.
ref: 2001 May 15, “Senators seek Postal Service overhaul”, in USA Today, retrieved 07 Nov 2008:
text: "You oughtn't to work on the Lord's Day, son," she told Dad both times. Dad's response was always the same. "The ox is in the ditch, Ma."
ref: 2006, Fred Harris, Following the Harvest: A Novel, →ISBN, page 71:
glosses: This is a big problem; there is unavoidable or demanding work ahead.
lipoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to lipoic acid and its derivatives, the lipoates
Derived terms: lipoyl
lipoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipoates
Etymology: From lipoic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of lipoic acid
lipoate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lipoates
form: lipoating
form: lipoated
form: lipoated
Etymology: From lipoic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix)
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To react with lipoic acid or a derivative
haruspication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haruspications
Senses: glosses: The act or practice of divination from the entrails of animals slain in sacrifice.
Related terms: haruspicy
metaphosphoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + phosphoric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to metaphosphoric acid
prepositively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From prepositive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a prepositive position.
woolily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈwʊlɪli/
Forms: form: more woolily
form: most woolily
form: woollily
Etymology: From wooly + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I think of certain genial, lonely, irregular squares, more or less planted with pollarded sycamores, just then woolily tufted with their leaf-buds
ref: 1885, William Dean Howells, The Century, page 892:
glosses: In a wooly manner; with a wooly appearance.
woollily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more woollily
form: most woollily
Etymology: From woolly + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of woolily.
casual game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casual games
Senses: topics: video-games
hyponyms: party game
glosses: A video game targeting casual, irregular gamers, typically having few rules to learn and a low initial level of difficulty.
reimplement
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reimplements
form: reimplementing
form: reimplemented
form: reimplemented
Etymology: From re- + implement.
Senses: examples: text: 1999, Hofmeister et al, Applied Software Architecture
A rough estimate of effort required to redesign and reimplement all of the software suggests that it will take longer than two years.
text: So we've shown that it's feasible to understand regions of the human brain and nervous system and reimplement those regions with conventional electronics.
ref: 2003, John Brockman, The New Humanists: Science at the Edge:
glosses: To implement again or differently.
Sokoban
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 倉庫番 (sōkoban, “warehouseman”).
Senses: examples: text: These so-called deadlock states are largely responsible for the failure of our attempts to solve positions in the game of Sokoban.
ref: 1998, Robert Mercer, Eric Neufeld, Advances in Artificial Intelligence:
text: The sokoban problem encodes a small instance of a well known computer game, where a single stone must be pushed to its goal position.
ref: 2000, Zbigniew W Ras, Setsuo Ohsuga, editors, Foundations of Intelligent Systems:
text: Sokoban exhibits a large number of difficult search-space properties.
ref: 2002, Jonathan Schaeffer, H. J. Van Den Herik, Chips Challenging Champions, page 30:
topics: video-games
glosses: A computer puzzle game, devised in 1980 and frequently reimplemented, in which the player must push boxes to designated locations under a set of movement constraints.
inezia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inezias
Senses: glosses: Any bird of the genus Inezia, of tropical South America.
Derived terms: plain inezia
slender-billed inezia
Amazonian inezia
pale-tipped inezia
palettize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpælɪtaɪz/
ipa: /ˈpælɪtaɪz/
ipa: /ˈpælətaɪz/
ipa: /ˈpælətɑez/
homophone: palatize
homophone: palletize
Forms: form: palettizes
form: palettizing
form: palettized
form: palettized
form: palettise
Etymology: From palette + -ize.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To encode (an image) efficiently by mapping its pixels to a palette containing only those colours that are actually present in the image.
examples: text: ... palettized in order that they could be transported by ocean freight ...
ref: 1975, Sales & Use Taxes:
text: From the shipping terminal it is either bagged, palettized and shrink-wrapped (Fig. 4) or loaded into containers in bulk.
ref: 2002, Bulk Solids Handling: The International Journal of Storing and Handling Bulk Materials:
text: ... logistics about how well they are able to accurately palettize, ship, and deliver the right products to the right customers based on both forecasting and manufacturing's ability to fill the orders on time and accurately.
ref: 2010 September 27, Ron A. Carucci, Bridging the Leadership Divide, Participant Workbook: Building High-Performance Leadership Relationships Across Generations, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 115:
glosses: Misspelling of palletize
Related terms: palettization
palletize
shardings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sharding
misimplement
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misimplements
form: misimplementing
form: misimplemented
form: misimplemented
Etymology: From mis- + implement.
Senses: glosses: To implement incorrectly or poorly
Related terms: misimplementation
quicksort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kwĭkʹsôrt'
ipa: /ˈkwɪkˌsɔɹt/
Forms: form: quicksorts
Etymology: From Quick + sort, from its computational efficiency.
Senses: examples: text: Somewhat surprisingly, the average behaviour of quicksort is the same as the best behaviour.
ref: 1987, Åke Wikström, Functional Programming Using Standard ML:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A sorting algorithm that operates by recursively partitioning the items to be sorted into two sets.
quicksort
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kwĭkʹsôrt'
ipa: /ˈkwɪkˌsɔɹt/
Forms: form: quicksorts
form: quicksorting
form: quicksorted
form: quicksorted
Etymology: From Quick + sort, from its computational efficiency.
Senses: examples: 1991, Maguire et al, Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Applications
The first and last subsets are then recursively quicksorted.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To sort with such an algorithm.
crème fraîche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɛmˈfɹɛʃ/
Forms: form: crèmes fraîches
form: crème fraiche
form: creme fraiche
Etymology: Borrowed from French crème fraîche (literally “fresh cream”).
Senses: glosses: A slightly soured thick cream (generally less sour than sour cream).
Related terms: sour cream
typeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From type + -less.
Senses: glosses: Not conforming to a type.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: untyped
customisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more customisable
form: most customisable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of customizable.
son et lumière
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒn eɪ ˈluːmɪˌɛə/
ipa: /ˌsɔn eɪ ˌlum(i)ˈjɛəɹ/
Etymology: From French, literally sound and light.
Senses: examples: text: The Loire Valley's favorite form of cultural entertainment is son-et-lumiere, a dramatic spectacle.
ref: 1992, Eugene Fodor, Fodor's France:
text: Free son et lumière shows, known as Les Clairs de Lune, are projected onto the chateau's façade nightly from July to mid-September.
ref: 2007, Nicola Williams, et al: France:
glosses: An outdoor show consisting of special lighting effects projected onto a building, accompanied by music or narration.
cummed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cum (“have an orgasm”)
tapissier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tapissiers
Etymology: Borrowed from French tapissier.
Senses: glosses: A tapestry-maker.
nycthemera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nycthemerons
Senses: glosses: plural of nycthemeron
nycthemerons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nycthemera
Senses: glosses: plural of nycthemeron
term limit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: term limits
Senses: examples: text: Attorney Gordon cites no authority for his interpretation of the Twenty-Second Amendment, which is contrary to the Amendment's plain meaning. Application of the term limit turns on whether an individual has actually been elected President twice, not on beliefs or assertions about that fact. Cf. Nader v. Butz, 398 F. Supp. 390, 397 (D.D.C. 1975) ("Having been elected to [the presidency] twice, [Richard Nixon] is precluded from serving again.") That Mr. Trump has falsely asserted that he won the 2020 election is no more disqualifiying than it would be for him to proclaim that he is not a United States citizen. In other words, political grandstanding does not trigger the bar of the Twenty-Second Amendment.
ref: 2023 December 28, Shenna Bellows, “Ruling of the Secretary of State”, in State of Maine Secretary of State, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023, page 15:
topics: government
political-science
politics
social-sciences
glosses: The maximum number of terms that a person may legally serve in a particular elected office.
term limit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: term limits
form: term limiting
form: term limited
form: term limited
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of term-limit.
adipoyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adipoyl
thatt
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: examples: text: In the begynnynge was that worde / ãd that worde was with god : and god was thatt worde.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, John j:[1], folio cxix, recto:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of that.
cheilocystidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheilocystidia
Etymology: From cheilo- + cystidium.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A relatively large cell found on the gill edge of a basidiomycete.
pleurocystidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleurocystidia
Etymology: From pleuro- + cystidium.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A relatively large cell found on the gill face of a basidiomycete
cheilocystidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheilocystidium
pleurocystidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleurocystidium
detoxification unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detoxification units
Senses: glosses: A department in a hospital or a rehab used for detoxification of new patients.
Synonyms: detox
Perlish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Perlish
form: most Perlish
Etymology: From Perl + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Incidentally, the eval { } block around the method call is the Perlish way of catching exceptions.
ref: 2004, Ian F Darwin, Java Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for Java Developers:
text: Second, the standard domain-specific notation you're recreating in your Perl class must conform to the Perlish precedences and associativities.
ref: 2005, Damian Conway, Perl Best Practices:
text: In this chapter, I'll try to present examples in a more Perlish style of Perl.
ref: 2006, Jeffrey Friedl, Mastering Regular Expressions:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Typical of, or suited to, the Perl programming language.
sanserif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanserifs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sans serif.
sanserif
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] the black sanserif numerals of gasoline prices […]
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
glosses: Alternative spelling of sans serif.
sea holly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea hollies
form: seaholly
form: sea-holly
Etymology: From sea + holly.
Senses: glosses: A plant of species Eryngium maritimum, of Europe.
glosses: A plant of species Eryngium maritimum, of Europe.
More generally, any of several species of plants in the genus Eryngium.
glosses: A plant of species Acanthus ebracteatus, of southeast Asia.
Related terms: eryngo
mevalonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The hydroxy acid 3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid, a biochemical precursor of the terpenoids.
Derived terms: mevalolactone
mevalonate
phosphomevalonic acid
Related terms: word: MVA
mevalonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: A contraction of dihydroxymethylvaleric acid.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to mevalonic acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: mevalonate
mevalonolactone
inaugurator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inaugurators
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of inaugurate; one who inaugurates.
inaugurators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inaugurator
orotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to orotic acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: fluoroorotic
inauguratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inauguratory
form: most inauguratory
Senses: glosses: Inaugural; being the first instance.
kirikiti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kilikiti.
kilikiti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilikiki
form: kirikiti
Etymology: Reborrowing, originally from English cricket.
Senses: glosses: A variant of cricket, originating in Samoa and now played throughout Polynesia, with three-sided wooden bats and teams of no fixed size.
beauty sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbjuːti ˌsliːp/
ipa: /ˈbjuti ˌslip/
Forms: form: beauty sleeps
form: beauty-sleep
Etymology: From beauty (noun) + sleep (noun).
Senses: examples: text: A medical man, who may be called up at any moment, must make sure of his ‘beauty-sleep.’
ref: 1857, Charles Kingsley, “The Cruise of the Waterwitch”, in Two Years Ago, volume II, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 148:
text: And would I please to remember that I had roused him up at night, and the quality always made a point of paying four times over for a man's loss of his beauty-sleep. I replied that his loss of beauty-sleep was rather improving to a man of so high complexion; and that I, being none of that quality, must pay half-quality prices; […]
ref: 1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter XII, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume III, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC, pages 187–188:
text: At first he was quite peevish. "What's the idea," he said, "coming and spoiling a man's beauty-sleep? Get out."
ref: 1915 November, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “The Mixer: I. He Meets a Shy Gentleman.”, in The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories, London: Methuen & Co. […], published 1922, →OCLC, page 67:
glosses: Originally, sleep taken before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to beauty and health; now (chiefly humorous), sleep at any time needed by one to stay beautiful; (countable) an instance of such sleep.
examples: text: But eager as Kate was for her beauty sleep, the light burned late in her room; and long after she had seen Mrs. Murray snugly tucked in for the night, she sat with Ranald's open letter in her hand, reading it till she almost knew it by heart.
ref: 1901, Ralph Connor, “A Good True Friend”, in The Man from Glengarry: A Tale of the Ottawa, Toronto, Ont.: The Westminster Company, →OCLC, page 428:
text: "I know I ought to be taking a beauty sleep," she thought, "so I'll be all fresh and fine for the evening, but I must find it [a piece of turquoise], for I promised Phil I'd wear it."
ref: 1906 October, Annie Fellows Johnston, “The Wedding”, in The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, published August 1907, →OCLC:
synonyms: beauty rest
glosses: Extra sleep; also (generally), any sleep; (countable) an instance of this; an extra nap.
Related terms: Sleeping Beauty
beauty pageant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beauty pageants
Senses: glosses: A competition in which participants compete for a determination that one is the most physically attractive.
Synonyms: beauty contest
beauty pageants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beauty pageant
beauty contest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beauty contests
Senses: examples: text: The locomotives were labelled 'ugly', 'unsightly' and 'industrial', as their cab fronts were a mass of slats, grooves and blocks (despite the fact that, of course, locomotives are for work - it's not a beauty contest).
ref: 2019 December 4, Pip Dunn, “Class 70s: a decade of disappointment?”, in Rail, page 65:
synonyms: beauty pageant
glosses: A competition in which participants compete for a determination that one is the most physically attractive.
topics: business
glosses: A tender in which bidders are ranked according to some (known or secret) criteria.
Derived terms: Keynesian beauty contest
beauty contests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beauty contest
composite number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: composite numbers
Senses: examples: text: It is evident, moreover, that if a composite number terminates in any one of the digits 1, 3, 7, 9, no one of its factors can be the number 5, or any number ending in 5.
ref: 1853, Edward Hinkley, Tables of the Prime Numbers and Prime Factors of the Composite Numbers from 1 to 100,000, page 13:
text: The above remark applies also to many composite numbers which are not Carmichael numbers, but which are still not shown to be composite by Fermat's theorem for a specific base a.[…]Therefore, using Euler's criterion or a strong primality test with enough bases will finally reveal any composite number or, alternatively, prove the primality of any prime N.
ref: 1994, Hans Riesel, Prime Numbers and Computer Methods for Factorization, 2nd edition, Springer (Birkhäuser), →ISBN, page 91:
text: 2006, Sze Kui Ng, Quantum Invariant of 3-Manifolds, Samuel F. Neilson (editor), New Research on Three-manifolds and Mathematics, Nova Science Publishers, page 47,
It is interesting that in each interval composite numbers are one-to-one assigned to the comparable composite knots while prime numbers are one-to-one assigned to prime knots.
topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.
Hypernyms: natural number
integer
number
Hyponyms: highly composite number
semiprime
sockpuppetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sock puppetry
Etymology: From sock puppet + -ry, under influence from puppetry.
Senses: glosses: The use of sock puppets.
examples: text: The facelessness of the internet makes sockpuppetry all too tempting for many.
ref: 2007, Jonathon Keats, Control + Alt + Delete: A Dictionary of Cyberslang, →ISBN:
text: Could a user simply award herself a pile of barnstars the way a mega-lomanical^([sic]) dictator can adorn himself with military ribbons? Yes, but that would defeat the point—and would require a bit of prohibited “sock puppetry,” as the user would need to create alter identities so the page's edit history would show that the stars came from someone appearing to be other than the user herself.
ref: 2008, Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It, →ISBN:
text: On the Internet, the new form of false identities is termed sock puppetry[…] the term came to be applied to people who would assume a false identity and then join an Internet group. The term has been extended to include people who use false identities on the Internet in order to deceive others.
ref: [2014, “Sockpuppetry”, in Timothy R. Levine, editor, Encyclopedia of Deception, volume II, →ISBN:
glosses: The use of pseudonymous online accounts for abuse.
Related terms: sock puppeteer
miscapitalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: miscapitalises
form: miscapitalising
form: miscapitalised
form: miscapitalised
Etymology: From mis- + capitalise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of miscapitalize.
Related terms: miscapitalisation
miscapitalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: miscapitalizes
form: miscapitalizing
form: miscapitalized
form: miscapitalized
form: miscapitalise
Etymology: From mis- + capitalize.
Senses: glosses: To capitalize incorrectly.
Related terms: miscapitalization
Speccies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Speccy
speccy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spec (“spectacles”) + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: […] perhaps being taunted as "speccy" or "four eyes" or "blindy".
ref: 1971, Ivor Felstein, A Change of Face and Figure:
text: 2004, Bennett-Levy et al, Oxford Guide to Behavioural Experiments in Cognitive Therapy
Her schoolmates called her "speccy four-eyes" and hid her glasses. She grew up feeling there was something wrong with her as a person.
text: You came in for a quiet pint and a speccy bigot was getting ready to hit you.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 337:
glosses: bespectacled
speccy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speccies
Etymology: From spec (“spectacular”) + -ie.
Senses: qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: Synonym of spectacular mark.
synonyms: word: spectacular mark
user-defined graphic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: user-defined graphics
Senses: examples: text: It includes memory space for ASCII text characters in Screen RAM, character font in ASCII Font RAM, user-defined graphics font in Graphic RAM, […]
ref: 1984, Robert Gordon Middleton, New Digital Troubleshooting Techniques:
text: Most microcomputers now allow users to define their own characters by specifying their own patterns (user defined graphics).
ref: 1986, Douglas Hainline, New Developments in Computer-assisted Language Learning:
text: Other user-defined graphics can be defined by entering the 8-byte sequence.
ref: 2006, Paul Scherz, Practical Electronics for Inventors:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A graphic symbol defined by the user, replacing one of the text characters in the computer's character set.
Synonyms: UDG
UDG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UDGs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of user-defined graphic.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of ultra diffuse galaxy.
stage screw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stage screws
Etymology: stage + screw
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: A forged, or sometimes cast low thread count cut thread screw with a handle (sometimes made up of three holes) used to hold scenery in place in theaters (mostly prior to the 1990s).
persistability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From persist + -ability.
Senses: glosses: A state or instance of being persistable.
persistable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From persist + -able.
Senses: examples: text: A message can contain any data, including persistable objects.
ref: 2000, Pradeep Tapadiya, COM+ Programming: A Practical Guide Using Visual C++ and ATL:
text: 2002, Drayton et al, C# in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference
A dynamic module can be either transient or persistable.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That can be made to persist; permanent.
tapezine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tapezines
Etymology: From tape + zine.
Senses: examples: text: Just my opinion, feel free to comment...
Blood.
(who used to run a speccy tapezine called Spectraxx back in the glory days...!)
ref: 1994, Lee Tonks, “Best ZX magazine”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet):
text: Oh, and remaining with Cyber-Tec - anyone know if the Paul Green who seems to be behind the Cyber-Tec label is the same Paul Green that used to (and may still) run a Gary Numan tapezine?
ref: 1995, Al Crawford, “New Mind (was: Re: Cyber-Tec)”, in rec.music.industrial (Usenet):
text: The Man Whose Head Expanded (Bang Zoom tapezine)
ref: 2003, Dave Thompson, A User's Guide to the Fall, page 182:
coordinate_terms: diskzine
glosses: A zine released on audio cassette, containing either voice recordings or computer data.
Synonyms: cassette magazine
zinester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈziːnstə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: zinesters
Etymology: From zine + -ster.
Senses: examples: text: A famous zinester who lived in Richmond a decade ago once said that "Richmond is a city where it feels like something great is going to happen everyday,^([sic]) but it never does."
ref: 2005, Greg Wells, Complete Control: An Anthology, 1997-2005:
text: […] therefore, a single issue of a zine cannot be considered representative of a zinester's oeuvre.
ref: 2007, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media:
glosses: One who compiles and publishes a zine.
ezine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ezines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of e-zine.
perzine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perzines
Etymology: Blend of personal + zine
Senses: examples: text: Disgruntled housewife is a perzine in Web format.
ref: 2002, Johan Fornäs, Digital borderlands:
text: This is not to say that the only zines that matter are perzines. In general, the zine seems more interested in the lived relationship of the individual zine writer to the world.
ref: 2009, John D. H. Downing, Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media, page 566:
glosses: A personal zine, one that deals with issues directly related to its author.
Synonyms: personalzine
punkzine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punkzines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of punk zine.
punk zine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punk zines
form: punkzine
Senses: examples: text: A punk zine with a friendly demeanor.
ref: 1993, Mike Gunderloy, Factsheet Five:
text: Punk zines wanted to make readers into music makers, zine publishers, and protesters rather than passive consumers.
ref: 2001, Craig J Saper, Networked Art:
glosses: A zine addressing and describing the punk subculture.
diskzine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diskzines
form: disczine
Etymology: From disk + zine.
Senses: examples: text: It will be interesting to watch this diskzine over the next couple of years […]
ref: 1984, Dr. Dobb's Journal of Software Tools for the Professional Programmer:
text: A hacker starts with nothing but a dream and a floppy disk and presently finds himself in a business that's doubled and trebled. Three "diskzines" — magazines on floppy disks — started cheaply by entrepreneurs who placed ads in obscure computer journals […]
ref: 1984, Venture (volume 6, part 1, page 142)
synonyms: diskazine
diskmag
magazette
coordinate_terms: tapezine
glosses: A zine distributed on floppy disk.
disczine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disczines
Senses: examples: text: This is a list of disczines published for the CPC.
glosses: Alternative spelling of diskzine.
childlove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From child + love, a calque of Ancient Greek παιδοφιλίᾱ (paidophilíā).
Senses: examples: text: The purpose of the website, according to Ashford, is to "explain my ideal of consensual childlove".
ref: 2008, Nancy Billias, Territories of Evil:
glosses: Paedophilic, hebephilic, or ephebophilic attraction to children of either sex; paedophilia or hebephilia.
Related terms: childlover
boylove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From boy + love.
Senses: examples: text: In another offering, Better Life Monthly was advertised as a "paper with articles, photos, poems, etc. relating to the subject of boylove."
ref: 1977, Sexual Exploitation of Children:
hypernyms: childlove
coordinate_terms: girllove
glosses: Paedophilic, hebephilic, or ephebophilic attraction to boys.
Related terms: boylover
girllove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From girl + love.
Senses: examples: text: Now, it is unlikely, had a large number of professional men in Boston been charged with sexual conduct with fourteen-year-old girls, that people would have rallied to their support waving the banner of "girllove".
ref: 1981, Burton M Leiser, Values in conflict: life, liberty, and the rule of law:
text: I believe that the vast majority of heterosexual men have an attraction to prepubescent and pubescent girls, they just cannot bring themselves to accept it. Girllove has always been common, just look at Japan and the girl modeling industry in eastern europe.
ref: 2009, "Ignored By The Liberal Mass Media", The Duke University Child Rape Case Proves Pedophilia Isn't an "Orientation" (on Usenet newsgroup alt.politics.homosexuality)
text: Just highlighting it is an issue of boylove, not girllove.
ref: 2012, "Nigel Oldfield", Re: After Savile, every British man should worry about his past (on Usenet newsgroup uk.legal)
coordinate_terms: boylove
hypernyms: childlove
glosses: Paedophilic, hebephilic, or ephebophilic attraction to girls.
Related terms: girllover
Thatcherise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Thatcherises
form: Thatcherising
form: Thatcherised
form: Thatcherised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Thatcherize.
nanometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + -metric.
Senses: examples: text: nanometric scale
glosses: Of, or relating to, a nanometer.
Derived terms: nanometrical
nanometrically
subnanometric
red peppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red pepper
battle cruisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battle cruiser
diskzines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diskzine
squees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squee
space invaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of space invader
proverbs run in pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: proverbs come in pairs
form: proverbs go in pairs
form: proverbs hunt in pairs
form: proverbs often come in pairs
form: proverbs should be sold in pairs
form: proverbs should be writ in pairs
form: proverbs should come in pairs
form: proverbs should go in pairs
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.
ref: 1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, volume 1, London: Tinsley, page 309:
glosses: Every proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposing or contradictory message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."
proverbs come in pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes proverbs come in pairs, the first one providing the context, the second, the revision.
ref: 1979, Irving Howe, John Hollander, David Bromwich, Literature as Experience: An Anthology, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 325:
glosses: Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.
proverbs go in pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: As a rule, proverbs go in pairs which say opposite things.
ref: 1932, Bertrand Russell, “On Proverbs”, in Mortals and others: American essays, 1931-1935, →ISBN, page 136:
glosses: Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.
proverbs often come in pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.
proverbs should be sold in pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.
proverbs should be writ in pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.
proverbs should come in pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.
proverbs should go in pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.
gamosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gamosas
Etymology: Borrowed from Assamese গামোচা (gamüsa).
Senses: examples: text: Mamoni's father was suggesting that both houses should fly an Assamese gamosa like a flag and Moni's father wouldn't hear of it.
ref: 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
glosses: A rectangular cloth, typically of red and white, used in a variety of ritual actions in Assamese culture.
Related terms: gamucha
bucketshop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucketshops
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bucket shop.
bucketshops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucketshop
bucket shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucket shop
SUP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Sailors' Union of the Pacific.
glosses: Acronym of Socialist Unity Party.
glosses: Acronym of Scottish Unionist Party.
glosses: Acronym of Stanford University Press.
glosses: Acronym of Software Upgrade Protocol.
SUP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SUPs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of standup paddleboarding.
glosses: Acronym of standup paddleboard.
glosses: Acronym of selective ultraviolet phototherapy.
glosses: Acronym of single-use plastic(s).
glosses: Acronym of shared use path.
Derived terms: supper
supping
gargle-factory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gargle-factories
Etymology: gargle (“drink (slang)”) + factory
Senses: glosses: bar, pub, a place for drinking
defibrinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfaɪbɹɪneɪt/
Forms: form: defibrinates
form: defibrinating
form: defibrinated
form: defibrinated
Etymology: From de- + fibrin + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Van Helsing turning to me, said:— ‘He is so young and strong and of blood so pure that we need not defibrinate it.’
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: (of blood) To remove fibrin from; to deprive of fibrin.
Related terms: defibrination
torchon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torchons
Etymology: Borrowed from French torchon.
Senses: glosses: A coarse, loose-textured bobbin lace.
Related terms: torchon paper
floor plans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floor plan
Ct. of App.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of court of appeals.
Fed. Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Synonyms: C.A.F.C.
1st Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
2d Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
3d Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
4th Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
5th Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
6th Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
7th Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
8th Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
9th Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
10th Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
11th Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
D.C. Cir.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.