cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Xitter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪ.tə/
ipa: /ˈzɪ.tə/
ipa: /ˈʃɪ.tɚ/
ipa: /ˈzɪ.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
homophone: shitter
Etymology: Blend of X + Twitter following the rebranding of Twitter to X, motivated by the pronunciation of shitter, with the pronunciation of initial ⟨X⟩ as /ʃ/ originally influenced by Pinyin, as in the name of Xi Jinping (pronounced /ʃiː/ in English). Compare Xitler (a homophone of Shitler).
Senses: glosses: Twitter.
wikipedia: Pinyin
Twitter
Xi Jinping
Related terms: xeet
Xitler
Shitter
Xhitter
marsupial mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marsupial mice
Senses: examples: text: The Surgeon cut me short with a fierce uplift of his beetle brow—and for a dreadful moment I feared two of the many marsupial mice in my cell had leapt up onto his face […].
ref: 2011, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 137:
glosses: Any of several small carnivorous marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, especially in the genera Sminthopsis and Antechinus.
Related terms: word: bush mouse
taxonomic: Sminthopsis spp.
word: dunnart
word: pouched mouse
marsupial mice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marsupial mouse
acidweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acid weed
Senses: glosses: Any of the acid-producing, acid-storing algae of the genus Desmarestia.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Desmarestia tropica
word: tropical acidweed
acid weed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acidweed (Desmarestia spp.)
landlady's wig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mermaid's hair.
synonyms: word: mermaid's hair
alkaliweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkaliweeds
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Cressa.
angeloweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of artillery plant.
synonyms: word: artillery plant
joypowder plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of artillery plant.
synonyms: word: artillery plant
joy powder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Heroin.
biscuit ware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of biscuitware.
water cracker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water crackers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of water biscuit.
synonyms: word: water biscuit
water crackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water cracker
biscuit firings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biscuit firing
ADNOC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.
sucked balls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of suck balls
sucks balls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suck balls
sucking balls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of suck balls
asthmaweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Erigeron bonariensis.
asthma weed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of asthmaweed.
evictionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evictionists
Etymology: From eviction + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of evictionism.
evictionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evictionist
evictionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eviction + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A libertarian position on abortion based on property rights, according to which a woman is entitled to remove a baby from her body given that she does not use excessive force (i.e., that she does not kill it, as in a typical abortion).
Related terms: evictionist
sinuous ballweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The brown algae Colpomenia sinuosa.
Edelcrantz system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Edelcrantz system
Etymology: Invented by Abraham Niklas Edelcrantz.
Senses: coordinate_terms: Chappe system
glosses: A system of telegraphy consisting of a set of ten shutters arranged in columns representing binary-coded octal digits.
Related terms: Edelcrantz code
Chappe system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Chappe system
Etymology: Invented by Claude Chappe.
Senses: coordinate_terms: Edelcrantz system
glosses: A system of telegraphy consisting of a large pivoted beam (the regulator) with an arm at each end (the indicators) which pivoted around the regulator on one extremity.
Related terms: Chappe code
Edelcrantz code
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Edelcrantz code
Senses: glosses: The telegraphic code used with the Edelcrantz system.
Chappe code
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Chappe code
Senses: glosses: The telegraphic code used with the Chappe system.
Henquin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from ?
Budan's theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The theorem was published in 1807 by François Budan de Boislaurent.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A theorem for bounding the number of real roots of a polynomial in an interval, and computing the parity of this number.
Related terms: Budan-Fourier theorem
Fourier-Budan theorem
Santería
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of santería.
out of battery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of out-of-battery.
Battery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Battery
Senses: glosses: A park in Manhattan, New York City.
in battery
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Of a firearm, in the firing position after recovery from the recoil of a previous discharge.
battery power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The amount of electrical energy stored in a battery.
Derived terms: battery-powered
dequantizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dequantize
dequantizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dequantize
dequantitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dequantitate
silver beachweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver beach-weed
Senses: glosses: The ragweed Ambrosia chamissonis.
billyweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, billy + weed
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Japanese knotweed.
synonyms: word: Japanese knotweed
bloodweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloodweeds
Etymology: From blood + weed.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of great ragweed.
synonyms: word: great ragweed
bombweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bomb + weed.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fireweed.
synonyms: word: fireweed
brideweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bride + weed.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of butter-and-eggs.
synonyms: word: butter-and-eggs
bristleweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bristleweeds
Senses: glosses: Any of the flowering plants of the genus Hazardia.
goldenbush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goldenbushes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bristleweed.
synonyms: word: bristleweed
Derived terms: Rydberg's goldenbush
bubbleweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any of the seaweeds of the genus Hormosira.
buchanweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The flowering plant Hirschfeldia incana.
buchan weed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of buchanweed.
buckweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The monocarpic shrub Isoglossa woodii.
buffaloweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From buffalo + weed.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kinghead.
synonyms: word: kinghead
resturant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of restaurant.
weird and wonderful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪə(ɹ)d ən ˈwʌndə(ɹ)fəl/
Forms: form: more weird and wonderful
form: most weird and wonderful
Senses: examples: text: Daihatsu Hi-Jet is weird and wonderfool [sic]
ref: 2008 October 18, Quentin Wilson, The Mirror:
text: What kept Zoe’s dad going was making brand new ice-cream flavours. At the end of every shift at the factory he would rush home excitedly, laden with samples of some weird and wonderful new flavour for Zoe to be the first to try.
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
text: In this supremo of weird and wonderful, astonishing and inexplicable facts, figures, stats and stories returns with a bumper selection of trivialistic treats - each one more remarkable and, yes, even more trivial than anything he's compiled before.
ref: 2012, Mitchell Symons, The Bumper Book For The Loo, page 721:
glosses: Delightfully unusual.
ball of fluff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balls of fluff
Senses: examples: text: Gingernut was small and ginger too, though of course he didn’t wear braces. That smallness and gingerness was probably, deep down, why Zoe chose him out of the dozens of little balls of fluff snuggled up together behind the glass at the pet shop.
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of fluffball (“creature that resembles a ball of fluff”).
synonyms: word: fluffball
extra: creature that resembles a ball of fluff
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ball, of, fluff.
bugweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of woolly nightshade.
synonyms: word: woolly nightshade
Macary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Macarys
Etymology: Borrowed from French Macary, itself from Catalan Macari or Occitan Macari. From Latin Macarius.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Occitan.
burnweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burnweeds
Senses: glosses: Any of the flowering plants of the genus Erechtites.
burroweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burroweeds
Etymology: From burro + weed.
Senses: glosses: The plant Ambrosia dumosa.
burro-weed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burro-weeds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of burroweed.
bushweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bushweeds
Senses: glosses: Any of the shrubs or trees of the genus Flueggea.
Macari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Macaris
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Macari.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
butterflyweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of butterfly weed.
cankerweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From canker + weed.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of white rattlesnake root.
synonyms: word: white rattlesnake root
White Bear
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: White Bears
Senses: glosses: A surname.
gall-of-the-earth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The flowering plant Nabalus trifoliolatus.
gall of the earth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gall-of-the-earth.
cape-pondweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of waterblommetjie.
synonyms: word: waterblommetjie
carelessweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carelessweeds
Senses: glosses: The edible flowering plant Amaranthus palmeri.
caterpillarweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Phacelia crenulata.
Lwówek Śląski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Lwówek Śląski.
Senses: glosses: A town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
chocolateweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The weedy tropical plant Melochia corchorifolia.
chokeweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chokeweeds
Etymology: From choke + weed.
Senses: glosses: The parasitic plant Orobanche hederae.
clapweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From clap (“gonorrhea”) + weed.
Senses: glosses: A shrubby plant of species Ephedra antisyphilitica.
clipweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clapweed.
Lindheimer's clockweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The perennial plant Oenothera lindheimeri.
dwarf coastweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Amblyopappus pusillus.
post-coital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of postcoital.
coffeeweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffeeweeds
Etymology: From coffee + weed
Senses: glosses: Common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
copperweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Euphrosyne acerosa.
GBBS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: If Sex Box is a show that sounds shocking but ends up being yawningly jejune, GBBS is the exact opposite: a refined and well-mannered cookery contest that somehow also manages to be a teeming hotbed of smut.
ref: 2015 February 26, Sophie Gilbert, “Soggy Bottoms and 'Sex Box': The Saucy State of TV's British Imports”, in The Atlantic:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of The Great British Baking Show.
crabweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The annual herb Fatuoa villosa.
cleaning agents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleaning agent
cretanweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The annual herb Hedypnois rhagadioloides.
Croftonweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Croftonweeds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Crofton weed.
small crumbweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The flowering plant Dysphania pumilio.
devillite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of devilline.
synonyms: word: devilline
allivalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allivalites
Senses: glosses: A rare plutonic rock composed of olivine and calcic plagioclase.
planty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plant + -y.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:planty.
qualifier: largely informal
glosses: Vegetal, plant-related, or associated with plants.
Lulus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lulu
pulmogastric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the lungs and stomach.
pulmocardiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pulmonocardiac.
pudibundity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Shyness; bashfulness.
Related terms: pudibund
prehaps
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of perhaps.
prehensorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to a prehensor.
prejob
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + job.
Senses: examples: text: prejob training
glosses: Prior to the start of a job.
presentationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presentationists
Etymology: From presentation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of presentationism.
presentationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of presentationist
presentationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From presentation + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: If presentationism is wrong, is not "science falsely so called" — can it be knowledge, can it give truth? Mr. Stirling does not afford us any clue, in this work, as to how he would reconcile the assumption of presentationism by science so fertile in results with the denial through philososophy ^([sic]) of the possibility of anything else than phenomenal experience.
ref: 1866, The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, page 60:
text: Presentationism, the seizing upon feeling and by a sort of abstraction converting it into a self-subsisting phenomenon divorced from the movement of reflection which gives it its meaning.
ref: 1904, Richard Burdon Haldane Haldane (Viscount), The Criticism of Categories (page 48)
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The doctrine that the mind is capable of grasping the substance and reality of objects, beyond the sensory stimuli they present.
Related terms: presentationist
preterital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From preterite + -al.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the preterite.
prejacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prejac
prethin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prethins
form: prethinning
form: prethinned
form: prethinned
Etymology: From pre- + thin.
Senses: examples: text: to prethin paint
glosses: To thin in advance.
glosses: To thin out (plants or crops) in order to stimulate growth in the remainder.
prethinned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prethin
prethins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prethin
prethinning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prethin
pulmobronchial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bronchopulmonary.
mtrl.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mtrls.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of material.
mtrls.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mtrl.
mtl.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mtls.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of material.
mtls.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mtl.
pulmohepatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hepatopulmonary.
pulmolithiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pulmonary lithiasis.
muhuhu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The flowering plant Brachylaena huillensis.
TZDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TZD
siafus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siafu
army ant syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Behavioral and reproductive traits such as obligate collective foraging, nomadism and highly specialized queens that allow organisms such as army ants to become the most ferocious social hunters.
nataka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natakas
Etymology: Ultimately from Sanskrit नाटक (nāṭaka).
Senses: glosses: A kind of epic Indian drama.
natakas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nataka
niminy-priminy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more niminy-priminy
form: most niminy-priminy
Etymology: Probably influenced by prim.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of niminy-piminy.
nonvocoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonvocoids
Etymology: From non- + vocoid.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A sound that is not a vocoid.
nonvocoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonvocoid
opiophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opiophiles
Senses: glosses: A person who enjoys taking opium.
Related terms: opiophilia
opiophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opiophile
pulmonocoronary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pulmono- + coronary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the lungs and the coronary arteries.
pagodiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [...] polygyrate diagonally cancellated protoconch, but in that genus the adult whorls are pagodiform, strongly keeled[…]
ref: 1953, Auckland Institute and Museum, Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum:
glosses: Shaped like a pagoda.
pulmonoplegia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pulmono- + -plegia.
Senses: glosses: The paralysis of the lungs.
pulmotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pneumotoxic.
synonyms: word: pneumotoxic
game-end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: game-ends
form: game-ending
form: game-ended
form: game-ended
form: gameend
form: [GAME-END]
Etymology: From game + end, since killing someone or dying in-game will cause the game to end.
Senses: examples: text: I'm going to find baby yoda. and I'm going to game-end him.
ref: 2019 December 29, ack (🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈) (@jackthefrograt), Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2023:
text: playing saints row 2 be fun as hell til the part where you have to gameend a bunch of ceos on a yatch and fail because they decide to send a^([sic]) attack chopper on yo ass
ref: 2023 November 7, ✝️🎅☃️🎄Have a Holly Jolly Lordmas✝️🎅☃️🎄 (@LoRd567_), Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2023:
glosses: Synonym of kill.
synonyms: word: kill
examples: text: girls just want to have fun and barbie girl make me want to game-end.
ref: 2022 December 24, RogueIsDed (@RogueIsDed), Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2023:
glosses: Synonym of die.
synonyms: word: die
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see game, end.
virgal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin virgālis or virga + -al.
Senses: examples: text: [...] lift the virgal rod, / That hangman you so narrowly escaped!
ref: 1732, Henry Fielding, The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, page 115:
text: The terrible "Croquemitaine" and his frightful spouse flourish their virgal sceptres to the terror of insubordinate juveniles - French juveniles be it understood; young America would laugh "Croquemitaine" and all his following to scorn.
ref: 1882, George Augustus Sala, America Revisited: From the Bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Lake Michigan to the Pacific, page 37:
glosses: Made of twigs or rods.
were with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be with (second person singular; first, second, and third person plural)
virgatotome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin virga.
Senses: examples: text: [...] gyrate furcation, and often a tendency to become fasciculate or virgatotome; secondary ribs obsolescent in some [...] polygyrate ribs and intercalatory secondaries. Microconchs 100-112 mm. in diameter with following rib densities[…]
ref: 1967, J. C. W. Cope, The Palaeontology and Stratigraphy of the Lower Part of the Upper Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset:
text: ... polygyrate or bidichotomous to fasciculate (rarely virgatotome) ribs, more loosely spaced and coarser. External whorls of macroconch forms with dichotomous to polygyrate ribs[…]
ref: 1977, Acta geologica polonica:
topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having multiple secondary ribs which branch off successively in front of each primary rib (resulting in a shape like ᚠ), like the ribs of Zaraiskites ammonites.
raw_tags: of the ribs on a shell
polygyrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [...] polygyrate diagonally cancellated protoconch, but in that genus the adult whorls are pagodiform, strongly keeled[…] polygyrate to paucispiral and almost smooth, and the reversed L-sinus is sometimes rendered U-shaped to subtubular, when restricted above by a parietal tubercle. The Daphnellids are very numerous in both genera and species[…]
ref: 1953, Auckland Institute and Museum, Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum:
text: [...] gyrate furcation, and often a tendency to become fasciculate or virgatotome; secondary ribs obsolescent in some [...] polygyrate ribs and intercalatory secondaries. Microconchs 100-112 mm. in diameter with following rib densities[…]
ref: 1967, J. C. W. Cope, The Palaeontology and Stratigraphy of the Lower Part of the Upper Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset:
text: ... polygyrate or bidichotomous to fasciculate (rarely virgatotome) ribs, more loosely spaced and coarser. External whorls of macroconch forms with dichotomous to polygyrate ribs[…]
ref: 1977, Acta geologica polonica:
topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: Multiply gyrate, like the protoconches of various Gemmula ammonites. ?
irrealises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of irrealis
cod livers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cod liver
cod-liver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cod-livers
Senses: examples: text: Casks of rotting cod-liver taint the air at every fishing-stage and on every one of the hundreds of schooners, while even one small seal-oil factory is run, in the Straits of Belle Isle.
ref: 1901 November, W. T. Grenfell, “Life in Labrador”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXX, number MXXXIII, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood & Sons, […], page 689, column 1:
text: I must not fail to mention that a distillery for the purpose of converting cod-livers into oil was established here last year by a New Yorker, but, through circumstances which are hard to explain, the whole business failed entirely, and the plant was finally removed to Grand Greve, Gaspé, Quebec.
ref: 1905, Sessional Papers, Volume 9, First Session of the Tenth Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, Session 1905, volume XXXIX, page 334:
text: The Grimsby correspondent of the “Daily Mail” reports that the first trawler to be fitted with machinery to convert cod-livers into oil while at sea is the Sweeper, which arrived at Grimsby last week.
ref: 1913 June 7, The Chemist and Druggist: A Weekly Journal of the Chemical and Drug Trades and of British Pharmacists throughout the Empire, volume LXXXII, number 23 (Series No. 1741), page 62, column 1:
text: From the moment that first batch of fish was salted down that boat came alive with smells. The fresh smell of the sea, wafted by a stiff breeze off the ice-caps, was now displaced by the stench of rotting cod-livers.
ref: 1934, Thelma Roberts, Red Hell: The Life Story of John Goode, Criminal, New York, N.Y.: Rae D. Henkle:
text: The dory was high and dry on the beach, enveloped in the now familiar stench of rotting cod-livers.
ref: 1969, Farley Mowat, “Voyage of the “Oregon””, in The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published 1981, →ISBN, page 128:
glosses: Rare form of cod liver.
cod-livers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cod-liver
codlivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codliver
fill someone's boots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fills someone's boots
form: filling someone's boots
form: filled someone's boots
form: filled someone's boots
Senses: examples: text: He leaves big boots for his successor to fill.
ref: 2023 November 15, Ian Prosser talks to Stefanie Foster, “A healthy person is a more productive person”, in RAIL, number 996, page 37:
synonyms: fill someone's shoes
glosses: To take over someone's role.
Related terms: fill one's boots
step into someone's shoes
skeeze out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skeezes out
form: skeezing out
form: skeezed out
form: skeezed out
Senses: examples: text: This man deliberately brushed my bare leg on the train: it really skeezed me out!
glosses: To creep out.
CELP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of code-excited linear prediction.
toon-shaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of cel-shaded.
synonyms: word: cel-shaded
cel-shaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: toon-shaded
glosses: Produced using the technique of cel shading.
VQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
glosses: Initialism of vector quantization.
Akaike information criterion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Akaike information criterion
Etymology: Named after the Japanese statistician Hirotsugu Akaike, who formulated the criterion.
Senses: synonyms: word: AIC
glosses: An estimator of prediction error and thereby relative quality of statistical models for a given data set, founded on the principles of information theory.
AIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Akaike information criterion.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Alice in Chains, an American grunge band.
WMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WMSs
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: logistics
glosses: Initialism of warehouse management system.
synonyms: WFMS
glosses: Initialism of workflow management system.
WMS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Wechsler Memory Scale.
glosses: Initialism of Web Map Service.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Windows Media Services.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Windows MultiPoint Server.
WFMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WFMSs
Senses: related: word: WfMS
synonyms: WMS
glosses: Initialism of workflow management system.
WfMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WfMSs
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of WFMS.
Ruskell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
end out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ends out
form: ending out
form: ended out
form: ended out
Etymology: Perhaps by confusion of end up with start out, pan out, etc.
Senses: examples: text: Note: in a previous post I ended out my exposition of American tropicalia with the justification that, if haiti can show us something about democracy than Brazil can show us something too.
ref: 2005, Summerisle, Times of Hate, Times of Joy, Lost Highway:
text: The Gunnery Leader ended out the briefing.
ref: 2006, Diana DeLuca, Extraordinary Things, page 191:
text: We ended out his leave time by flying back to South Carolina just before New Year's Eve.
ref: 2022, Stephanie Mossi, Out of the Darkness:
glosses: Synonym of end up.
To bring to a conclusion; to finish up.
examples: text: In total it ended out that I was out of a job for 18 months.
ref: 2011, Marie Andrews, The Power of Determination, page 49:
text: We were a group of women who met as strangers and ended out as friends.
ref: 2012, Ann Louise Gilligan, Dr. Katherine Zappone, Our Lives Out Loud: In Pursuit of Justice and Equality:
text: The stress and pulling from the rigors of this kind of operation also ends out affecting the front rib area.
ref: 2022, Kathy S. Thompson, The Surgery Experience:
text: Ferris had some power with him, and the judge ended out making the decision to allow Ferris Ashley to stay there and made some pretty easy terms regarding the damage to the building.
ref: 2023, William A. Cantoni, A Man of Many Faces:
glosses: Synonym of end up.
To come to as a final condition or situation;
examples: text: The street ended out in a rough neighborhood.
text: The alley ended out a street that was unfamiliar to him.
ref: 2017, Jack Mackenzie, Time Like Broken Glass, page 170:
qualifier: road or path
glosses: To terminate in a particular location.
raw_tags: of a street
ends out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of end out
ending out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of end out
ended out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of end out
abstort
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: abstorts
form: abstorting
form: abstorted
form: abstorted
Etymology: From Latin abs- + tortus, past participle of torqueō (“I twist”).
Senses: examples: text: he has violently and wrongfully abstorted it from them.
ref: 1745, Christian Ludovici, Teutsch-englisches Lexicon, page 767:
text: It is needless to remark on the modesty of this epithet when assumed by men;—and by such men! by the lord Johns, and the lord Harrys, who even now abstort from us more homage than we yield to Heaven!
ref: 1858, Edward Nichols Dennys, The Alpha: A Revelation, But No Mystery, page 285:
text: How stillsome and flooth could suburbity be Were the gramsters abstorted by felo-de-se- For I daminate grams, and they scruciate me!
ref: 1936, Guy Innes, New Statesman and Nation - Volume 10; Volume 46, page 176:
text: […] abstorting surplus staff wherever found necessary.
ref: 1978, The Bombay Civic Journal - Volume 25, page 7:
glosses: To wrest by force or persuasion.
abstorts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abstort
abstorting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abstort
bunny hugger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunny huggers
Senses: examples: text: Animal liberationists like Rosmarino resented the tree huggers' insensitivity to animals and reluctance to risk jail time, while more mainstream environmentalists like AFR's Jeff Berman disagreed with the bunny huggers' wacky morality and in-your-face tactics. The two groups' differences were in full view as they teamed up to parade through Vail last winter.
ref: 1999, Mother Jones Magazine (Mar–Apr 1999, page 64)
text: Zookeepers consider bunny huggers to be overly emotional and uninformed about animal care, and they often refuse volunteer applications on these grounds.
ref: 2021, Caitlin Donahue Wylie, Preparing Dinosaurs: The Work behind the Scenes, page 93:
coordinate_terms: tree hugger
glosses: An environmental campaigner who protests for animal rights.
bunny huggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunny hugger
biotrade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + trade.
Senses: examples: text: What is known about the benefits of CSR through the biotrade of quinoa in South American communities in the scientific literature between the years 2010 to 2020?
ref: 2022, Pantelis Sklias, Nikolaos Apostolopoulos, ECIE 2022 17th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, page 134:
glosses: The production of goods and services from biodiverse sources.
lindsayoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lindsayoid
long night moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long night moons
Senses: glosses: A full moon in December.
long night moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long night moon
Louisiana tanager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Louisiana tanagers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of western tanager.
synonyms: word: western tanager
Louisiana tanagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Louisiana tanager
western tanager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: western tanagers
Senses: synonyms: Louisiana tanager
glosses: Piranga ludoviciana, a medium-sized American songbird.
western tanagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of western tanager
LPGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LPG
Matura diamond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Matura diamonds
Senses: glosses: A decolorized zircon formerly exported from Sri Lanka.
Matura diamonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Matura diamond
Mazzinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mazzinists
Etymology: From Mazzini + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: Mazzinianist
glosses: A supporter of Italian activist Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–1872).
Mazzinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mazzini + -ism.
Senses: synonyms: Mazzinianism
glosses: Support for Italian activist Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–1872).
Mazzinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mazzinist
Clemmensen reductions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Clemmensen reduction
Mercersburg theology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Mercersburg, Pennsylvania.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A German-American theological movement that began in the mid-19th century, focusing on the incarnation of Christ.
Molisch reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Molisch reactions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Molisch's test.
synonyms: word: Molisch's test
Molisch reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Molisch reaction
Monguor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Monguors
form: Monguor
Senses: glosses: A member of a Mongolic people, one of the officially recognized ethnic groups in China.
Monguor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Their Shirongolic language.
Monguors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Monguor
Mu'tazilism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mu'tazila + -ism.
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The beliefs of the Mu'tazila.
mycelia sterilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The sterile fungi, those not producing any known spores, whether sexual or asexual.
Meneage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An area on the Lizard peninsula, south of the Helford River, south-west Cornwall, England, comprising four parishes and part of another.
Derived terms: St Anthony-in-Meneage
St Martin-in-Meneage
cows' milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is ſeldom in the power of phyſicians to preſcribe aſſes’ or goats’ milk in this diſorder; but a good ſubſtitute may be prepared for them by adding to cows’ milk a little ſugar, and a third or fourth part of water, or of a weak infuſion of green tea.
ref: 1797, Benjamin Rush, Medical Inquiries and Observations, volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: […] Thomas Dobson, […], pages 123–124:
text: Good cows’ milk is white, with a faint yellowish tint, and only bluish when diluted. If a drop of good milk is placed on the thumb-nail it retains its shape instead of spreading gut, as occurs when diluted or unhealthy.
ref: 1890, Robert Meade Smith, The Physiology of the Domestic Animals: A Text-Book for Veterinary and Medical Students and Practitioners, Philadelphia, Pa.; London: F[rank] A[llston] Davis, […], page 631:
text: The patient should be fed entirely on farinaceous and milky food, and if he refuses to eat, milk enriched with one of the dried-milk preparations now so much used, or with good condensed milk—a dessertspoonful of the latter to about half a pint of slightly warmed cows’ milk—should be given, by force if necessary, in small quantities at regular intervals of an hour to two hours.
ref: c. 1910, Henry St. John Cooper, “The Bulldog”, in Every Woman’s Encyclopædia, volume II, London, page 1174, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of cow's milk.
New Englandly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more New Englandly
form: most New Englandly
Etymology: From New England + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of New Englandy.
synonyms: word: New Englandy
New Englandish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more New Englandish
form: most New Englandish
Etymology: From New England + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of New Englandy.
synonyms: word: New Englandy
Nevada bluegrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The American grass Poa secunda.
New Greek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Modern Greek.
synonyms: word: Modern Greek
New York weevil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New York weevils
Senses: glosses: A weevil of species Ithycerus noveboracensis, found in the eastern United States and southern Canada.
Nihilist cipher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nihilist ciphers
Etymology: The cipher was originally used by Russian Nihilists in the 1880s to organise terrorism against the tsarist regime.
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A symmetric cipher in which a Polybius square using a mixed alphabet is used to convert both the plain text and a keyword to a series of two-digit numbers, which are then summed in the normal way to get the ciphertext, with the key numbers repeated as required; (by extension) any of several improved algorithms based on this.
Nikko fir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nikko firs
Senses: glosses: Abies homolepis, a fir native to the mountains of central and southern Honshū and Shikoku, Japan.
Nikko firs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nikko fir
NOIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NOICs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of naval officer in charge.
NOICs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NOIC
Nomia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ancient Greek Νομία (Nomía)
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A nymph of Arcadia.
Norse-American
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Norse-American
form: most Norse-American
Senses: glosses: Of both Norwegian and American ancestry.
Norse-American
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Norse-Americans
Senses: glosses: A person of both Norwegian and American ancestry.
shadirvan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadirvans
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish شادروان (şadırvan), from Classical Persian شَادُرْوَان (šādurwān), from Middle Persian šʾtʾwlwʾn' (/⁠šādurwān⁠/, “dais, platform; basin, pond, fountain”).
Senses: glosses: A fountain for ablutions, usually attached to a mosque.
shadirvans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadirvan
Helford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal village in Manaccan parish, south of the Helford River in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7526).
glosses: The Helford River, a tidal river on the Lizard peninsula, south-west Cornwall.
Manaccan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish on the Lizard peninsula, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7625).
romaine lettuce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Romaine lettuce
form: romaine
form: Romaine
Etymology: A partial calque of French laitue romaine (“Roman lettuce”), from its supposed association with Rome.
Senses: examples: text: Cauliflower Salad Ingredients 1 head of Cauliflower 3 cups of shredded romaine lettuce 1 cup veganaise ½ cup unsweetened soy milk 1 tsp stevia glycerite 1 tsp Braggs Liquid Aminos 2 tbsp Vegan Bacon Bits Clean and cut Cauliflower.
ref: 2007, Fayth Silveus, Fayth's Christian Cookbook, page 30:
text: Get creative and build a pharmafood salad by using healthier greens, like romaine lettuce or spinach.
ref: 2009, Jack Goldberg, The Four Corners Diet: The Healthy Low-Carb Way of Eating for a Lifetime:
text: When the burgers are ready, place them on the toasted rolls with the romaine lettuce leaves and top with the salsa.
ref: 2012, Jo McAuley, “[Meat and Poultry] Turkey Burgers with Spicy Salsa”, in Hamlyn QuickCook: Low Fat, London: Hamlyn, →ISBN, page 152:
text: The chazeret and maror are bitter herbs that bring tears to the eyes to reflect the slavery in Egypt. The maror is often horseradish, while the chazeret is normally romaine lettuce.
ref: 2021, Yvonne Riddick, Courage for My Journey from Eternity to Eternity:
synonyms: cos
cos lettuce
glosses: A long-leaved variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa var. longifolia.
misutilise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misutilises
form: misutilising
form: misutilised
form: misutilised
Senses: examples: text: So they postpone their repayment and misutilise the money.
ref: 2004, Rabīndra Nārāẏaṇa Miśra, D. Tata Rao, Rural Artisans in India, page 168:
text: They misutilise that amount, spend uneconomically on unproductive items.
ref: 2007, A.A. Rane & A.C. Deorukhkar, Economics of Agriculture, page 15:
text: Mars+Mercury: He will rise to a good level though he will misutilise his power.
ref: 2017, Bhojraj Dwivedi, Be Your Own Astrologer: Ascendant Scorpio, page 31:
glosses: Alternative form of misutilize.
misutilises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misutilise
misutilising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misutilise
misutilised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misutilise
misutilize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misutilizes
form: misutilizing
form: misutilized
form: misutilized
form: misutilise
Etymology: From mis- + utilize.
Senses: examples: text: If sadvipras are not vigilant, where there is overaccumulation man will tend to misutilize wealth by indulging in baser tendencies.
ref: 1973, Ānandamūrti, The Great Universe: Discourses on Society, page 180:
text: 22.9 per cent managed to misutilize the funds—these were either untraceable (16.8 per cent) or had diverted the funds to family business (6.1 per cent), and the others (389 units) had closed down the units primarily due to managerial inadequacies and/or non-conducive environment which reflected in the lack of working capital (125 units), competition from existing units (102 units), inexperience (43 untis), non-conducive cooperation from banks (10 units), and availability of salaried jobs (37 units), etc.
ref: 1996, Baldev Singh, Self-employment Through Entrepreneurship Development, page 103:
text: Several risks, however, are associated with the Prospector strategy: the organization may overextend itself in terms of products and markets; it may be technologically inefficient; and its administrative system may, at least temporarily, underutilize and misutilize resources.
ref: 2003, Raymond E. Miles, Charles C. Snow, Organizational Strategy, Structure, and Process:
text: Thus, it is essential that for countries having tremendous biodiversity and where common practices as traditional knowledge are employed by tribal and local peoples, there must be proper documentation of information so that no one can misutilize that information for his/her own benefit.
ref: 2011, H S Chawla, Introduction to Plant Biotechnology:
text: The back-end subsidy is another financial procedure intended to reduce corruption, since the experience of IRDP was that people tend to misutilize the subsidy when it was given up front.
ref: 2016, Bina Fernandez, Transformative Policy for Poor Women: A New Feminist Framework, page 94:
glosses: To utilize inefficiently or inappropriately.
misutilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misutilize
misutilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misutilize
misutilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misutilize