cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
stafette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stafettes
Senses: examples: text: This morning, about three o'clock, my people woke me, with word that there was a Stafette come with Letters
ref: 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of estafette.
estafets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of estafet
dialysable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dialysable
form: most dialysable
Etymology: From dialyse + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dialyzable.
Derived terms: dialysability
taglias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taglia
jymold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See gimmal.
Senses: examples: text: And in their pale dull mouths the jymold bitt
Lies foul with chaw'd grass, still and motionless.
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
glosses: interlocked
jyotirlingas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jyotirlinga
snowpea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowpeas
Senses: examples: text: Guatemalan snowpea production has continually been harmed by insect and disease infestations.
ref: 2007, George W. Norton, E. A. Heinrichs, Gregory C. Luther, Globalizing Integrated Pest Management: A Participatory Research Process, page 87:
glosses: Alternative spelling of snow pea.
snowpeas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowpea (alternative spelling of snow peas).
Fanconi syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Guido Fanconi, a Swiss pediatrician.
Senses: glosses: A disease of the proximal renal tubules of the kidney in which glucose, amino acids, uric acid, phosphate and bicarbonate are passed into the urine, instead of being reabsorbed.
big data
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɪɡ ˈdeɪtə/
ipa: /ˌbɪɡ ˈdeɪdə/
ipa: /-ˈdædə/
ipa: /-ˈdɑːdə/
Etymology: In 2000, economist Francis X. Diebold published the first version of a paper titled “Big Data Dynamic Factor Models for Macroeconomic Measurement and Forecasting.” After being interviewed on his use of the term “big data” by NYTimes.com blogger Steve Lohr, Diebold undertook his own investigation, in which he concluded: “The term ‘Big Data,’ which spans computer science and statistics/econometrics, probably originated in the lunch-table conversations at Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) in the mid 1990s, in which John Mashey figured prominently.”
Senses: examples: text: The insights gained from big data can be used to improve products and customer service, but they can also be used in ways that creep out customers and make them feel uncomfortable or watched.
ref: 2009 February, Roger Magoulas, Ben Lorica, “Big Data: Technologies and Techniques for Large-Scale Data”, in Release 2.0, number 11, O’Reilly Media, Inc., →ISSN, page 5:
text: As we’ll discuss in more detail, the big data of this revolution is far more powerful than the analytics that were used in the past. We can measure and therefore manage more precisely than ever before. We can make better predictions and smarter decisions.
ref: 2012 October 1, Andrew McAfee, Erik Brynjolfsson, “Big Data: The Management Revolution”, in Harvard Business Review, →ISSN:
text: Big data has the potential to revolutionise the global healthcare system, but barriers to its adoption mean progress is slow.
ref: 2015 October 23, Oliver Balch, “How much medical information would you share in the name of big data?”, in The Guardian, image caption:
text: James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti’s enchanting and exhilarating annotated atlas of animal movements[…]is a product of ‘big data’ methodology.
ref: 2016 November, Richard Smyth, “Bird's-Eye Viewing”, in Literary Review:
related: word: Big Data
glosses: Data on a very large scale, such that it can only be gathered or processed with computers, especially with reference to its potential to allow for new breakthroughs or understanding in a particular field of study.
wikipedia: John Mashey
Related terms: analytics
big business
Big Business
big science
Big Science
big tech
Big Tech
data-driven
data mining
data trail
data warehouse
thaumavore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thaumavores
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θαῦμα (thaûma, “magic”) + -vore.
Senses: examples: text: Major Transformation: […] Thaumavore (Su): Alterations to the mongrel’s blood and magical aura causes her to leech energy from spells cast upon her; the mongrel gains 5 temporary hit points whenever a spell is cast upon her and heals 1 point of ability damage.
ref: 2014, Bloodforge, Dreamscarred Press, page 94
text: "IT IS THE APEX PREDATOR OF THE MAGICAL FOOD CHAIN. A THAUMAVORE WITH AN APPETITE THAT CANNOT EVER BE SATED.
ref: 2021 (2022), Jed MacKay, Death of Doctor Strange
topics: fantasy
glosses: An animal or lifeform that feeds off of magic or magical energy as the main part of its diet.
Related terms: thauma
willyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: willyers
Etymology: Related to the words woollier and wool.
Senses: examples: text: Though Socialism is rampant amongst certain of the Yorkshire wool workers, there have been singularly few disturbances in this trade, and the Masters' Associations were more or less moribund until 1906, when there was a sudden strike of willyers and fettlers, which had the effect of stimulating them.
ref: 1913, Charles Watney, Industrial Warfare, the Aims and Claims of Capital and Labour:
glosses: One who operates a device for willying.
willyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of willyer
jubious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jubious
form: most jubious
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of dubious
butle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: butles
form: butling
form: butled
form: butled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of buttle.
fugler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuglers
Etymology: From fugle + -er.
Senses: glosses: A fugleman.
Rabaul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈbaʊl/
Etymology: Borrowed from Tolai baul (“mangrove”) or Rabaul (“Rabaul”)
Senses: glosses: A town and former provincial capital in northern New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
luggage rack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luggage racks
Senses: examples: text: Third-class carriages are grossly overcrowded, with passengers lying on the luggage racks, standing between the benches, and occasionally even riding on the footboards and clinging to the outsides of the coaches for short distances.
ref: 1950 February, W. Dendy, “Impressions of the Indian Railways—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 120:
text: […] and the neat reading lamps on the underside of the luggage racks, under passenger control, are an attractive feature of the first class compartments.
ref: 1963 March, “The Clacton express electric multiple-units enter service”, in Modern Railways, page 173:
text: Above each seat was 'an ormolu luggage rack with finely chased ornamentation and panels of brass treillage'.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 73:
text: As do the coaches, these sleeping cars have a large luggage rack located on the lower level of the car where you enter.
ref: 2015, Jim Loomis, All Aboard: The Complete North American Train Travel Guide, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, page 150:
text: Many seats carry reservation labels, while the luggage racks are festooned with backpacks and suitcases.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 77:
glosses: A rack attached to a car or other vehicle, used to hold luggage or similar items.
Rhodians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rhodian
acanthodean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acanthodeans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acanthodian.
acanthodean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acanthodian.
acanthodeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthodean
sister-german
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sisters-german
Etymology: From Middle English sister germain, equivalent to sister + german, after Anglo-Norman and Middle French suer germaine and its etymon Classical Latin germāna soror.
Senses: glosses: A sister born of the same parents
Synonyms: full-sister
Coordinate terms: brother-german
half-sister
brother-german
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brothers-german
form: brother german
Etymology: From Middle English brother germain, equivalent to brother + german, after Anglo-Norman and Middle French frere germain and its etymon Classical Latin frāter germānus.
Senses: glosses: A full brother: a brother born to the same mother and father, as distinguished from half brothers (uterine brothers), step-brothers, or 'brothers' established through relationships such as wardship.
Synonyms: full brother
full-brother
Hypernyms: word: relative
word: sibling
word: brother
sense: in some contexts
word: blood brother
sense: in some contexts
word: blood-brother
Related terms: sister-german
cousin-german
brothers-german
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brother-german
sisters-german
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sister-german
melodions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melodion
disphotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊtɪk
Forms: form: dysphotic
Etymology: From dis- + photic.
Senses: glosses: Having enough light to see, but not enough to carry out photosynthesis.
Related terms: photic
euphotic
aphotic
dysphotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of disphotic.
acanthology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)æˌkænˈθɑləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌækənˈθɑləɡd͡ʒi/
ipa: /əˌkænˈθɑləd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Forms: form: acanthologies
Etymology: From acanth- (“having spines or thorns”) + -ology (“study of”).
Senses: glosses: The study of spined things, in particular sea urchins, and the resultant impact on taxonomy.
Derived terms: acanthological
acanthologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthology
acanthocephaliases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æˌkæn.θoʊ.sɜf.əˈlaɪ.ə.sis/
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthocephaliasis
clunge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /klʌnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌndʒ
Forms: form: clunges
Etymology: A nonsense word in a rant by McBlane (actor Joseph Brady) in the third series of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin as "ap yer clunge!" ("up your clunge"). Probably invented by writer David Nobbs to mean "arse".
Popularised by British television series The Inbetweeners (from 2008).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:clunge.
glosses: Vulva or vagina.
glosses: Arse.
acanthocytoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌkæn.θoʊ.saɪˈtoʊ.sis/
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthocytosis
acanthokeratodermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌkæn.θoʊˌkɜɹ.ə.toʊˈdɝ.mi.ə/
Forms: form: acanthokeratodermias
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “bear's foot (plant)”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”)
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A thickening of the horny portion of the skin on the hand palms and soles of the feet.
acanthokeratodermias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthokeratodermia
acanthomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthoma
acanthomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthoma
precipitation reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precipitation reactions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reversible reaction in which a product is continuously removed by precipitation, driving the reaction in one direction
acanthopelvis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌkæn.θoʊˈpɜl.vɪs/
Forms: form: acanthopelvises
form: acanthopelves
form: acanthpelyx
Etymology: From acantho- + pelvis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A sharp pubic spine on a rachitic pelvis.
Maynila
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Manila (“city in Philippines”).
Haber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As a Jewish and German surname, from the noun Haber (“oat”), more commonly spelled as Haver.
* Also as a Jewish surname, from the German name (Habern) for Habry in the Czech Republic. This name is from Czech habr (“hornbeam”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A surname from German.
German chemist Fritz Haber, who co-invented the Haber process for producing ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen.
Derived terms: word: Haber process
word: Born-Haber cycle
word: Haber syndrome
english: planet with an atmosphere largely comprised of hydrogen and nitrogen
translation: planet with an atmosphere largely comprised of hydrogen and nitrogen
word: Haber world
biaspectual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + aspectual.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of verbs: having two grammatical aspects: perfective and imperfective.
southeasterner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: southeasterners
form: south-easterner
Etymology: From southeastern + -er.
Senses: glosses: a person from the southeast part of a geographic region
Hallstatt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Hallstatt.
Senses: glosses: A village in Salzkammergut, Austria, known historically for the production of salt.
glosses: The Hallstatt culture of the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age.
Derived terms: Hallstattian
Humphry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Humphrys
Etymology: A less common spelling of Humphrey.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Acephalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Acephalites
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin acephalus + -ite, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”), apparently referring to the movement’s refusal to accept the decisions of church councils.
Senses: examples: text: […] nor does he charge Beatus or Heterius (that wild ass) with being a Eutychian, or a follower of Eutyches, or acephalite, or any other term recalling the monophysitism of the fifth century or its descendants.
ref: 1993, John C. Cavadini, The Last Christology of the West: Adoptionism in Spain and Gaul, 785-820, →ISBN, page 43:
text: The Greater Chronicle […] makes it clear that the roots of the Acefali lay in their failure to accept the Three Chapters of Chalcedon […] the Lesser Chronicle, 39, states simply that ‘The heresy of the Acephalites arose’ (my translation).
ref: 2012, Jamie Wood, The Politics of Identity in Visigothic Spain: Religion and Power in the Histories of Isidore of Seville, →ISBN, page 212:
text: Eutyches, who taught the opposite: that just there is one person so the natures are one in Christ, by confusing and intermingling the two natures. So too for that whole breed of Eutyches, the Monophysites, Monothelites, and Acephalites.
ref: 2016, Riemer Faber, transl., Synopsis Purioris Theologiae, →ISBN, page 97:
glosses: A radical Monophysite in the era after the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE).
CLT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Coordinated Lunar Time (“a proposed unified time zone for the Moon”).
CLT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CLTs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of cross-laminated timber.
glosses: Initialism of Communicative Language Teaching.
glosses: Initialism of community land trust.
thermodesorbable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thermodesorbable
form: most thermodesorbable
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: Quality of a carrier matrix used for the chemical analysis of volatile compounds, which can be used in the process known as thermodesorption.
radioes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of radios.
radioes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of radio
stours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stour
Süper Lig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Turkish Süper Lig (“Super League”).
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: The highest division of professional men's football in Turkey.
recastings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recasting
heteromorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteromorphs
Etymology: From hetero- + -morph, see heteromorphic.
Senses: examples: text: The histial ridge of the heteromorphs is comparatively wide, especially in the anteroventral part, and forms a wide, open cavity —the histial dolon.
ref: 1971, Oleg Stepanovich Vi︠a︡lov, Fossil Ostracoda, page 15:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An ammonite whose shell is unusual in not being a regular spiral.
examples: text: Mean body length of heteromorphic males from birds with both types of male morphs did not differ significantly from that of heteromorphs from birds that had only heteromorphic males […]
ref: 2010, Maurice W. Sabelis, Jan Bruin, Trends in Acarology: Proceedings of the 12th International... (page 301)
glosses: Any heteromorphic organism.
heteromorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heteromorph
preshared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + shared.
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Shared between the communicating parties by some secure channel before it needs to be used.
raw_tags: of a key or secret
pre-shared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of preshared.
sphere packing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sphere packings
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The arranging of non-overlapping spheres in space
counterflood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊ.dɚˌflʌd/
ipa: [ˈkaʊ.nɚˌflʌd]
ipa: /ˈkaʊn.təːˌflʌd/
Forms: form: counterfloods
form: counterflooding
form: counterflooded
form: counterflooded
Etymology: From counter- + flood.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To flood (part of a vessel) deliberately in order to counterbalance flooding already occurring on the other side or end of the vessel, so as to remain on an even keel and avoid capsizing or plunging.
counterflood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊ.dɚˌflʌd/
ipa: [ˈkaʊ.nɚˌflʌd]
ipa: /ˈkaʊn.təːˌflʌd/
Forms: form: counterfloods
Etymology: From counter- + flood.
Senses: glosses: A flood, or large influx of something, that counteracts another.
counterflooding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊ.dɚˌflʌ.dɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈkaʊ.dɚˌflʌ.dəŋ/
ipa: [ˈkaʊ.nɚˌflʌ.dɪŋ]
ipa: [ˈkaʊ.nɚˌflʌ.dəŋ]
ipa: /ˈkaʊn.təːˌflʌ.dɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: New Jersey has taken another underwater hit, this time amidships, and reports are coming in of one of the boiler rooms beginning to flood. Damage-control crews are doing their best, but, between this and the earlier hit, New Jersey is having to engage in some rather extensive counterflooding to stay on something approximating an even keel, and is falling back as speed begins to drop off.
ref: 2021 May 5, Drachinifel, 34:20 from the start, in Battle of Samar - What if TF34 was there?, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2022:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The action of deliberately flooding spaces in one part (of a ship, boat, or other vessel) in order to counterbalance flooding occurring elsewhere in the vessel and keep the vessel level and on an even keel.
counterflooding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊ.dɚˌflʌ.dɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈkaʊ.dɚˌflʌ.dəŋ/
ipa: [ˈkaʊ.nɚˌflʌ.dɪŋ]
ipa: [ˈkaʊ.nɚˌflʌ.dəŋ]
ipa: /ˈkaʊn.təːˌflʌ.dɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterflood
counterfloods
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterflood
counterflooded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counterflood
subpallial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the subpallium.
subelliptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subelliptical
form: most subelliptical
Etymology: From sub- + elliptical.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Somewhat elliptical in shape; approaching an ellipse.
honeyfuggled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of honeyfuggle
honeyfuggling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of honeyfuggle
honeyfuggles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of honeyfuggle
honeyfugle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: honeyfugles
form: honeyfugling
form: honeyfugled
form: honeyfugled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of honeyfuggle.
Derived terms: honeyfugler
honeyfugled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of honeyfugle
honeyfugling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of honeyfugle
honeyfugles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of honeyfugle
researchability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From research + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being researchable.
unresearchability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + researchability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unresearchable.
unrescindable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrescindable
form: most unrescindable
Etymology: From un- + rescindable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be rescinded.
ravenhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From raven + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: So a law of nature which said, say, that Ravenhood is causally linked with blackness would entail both All ravens are black and All non-black things are non-ravens, but would not entail a law linking non-blackness with non-ravenhood.
ref: 1988, Keith John Cooper, The use of scientific method in assessing religious conceptual systems, volume 2, page 280:
text: If this could be shown, the above statement would be systematically related to other statements about ravenhood in particular and the genetics of feathered creatures in general.
ref: 1995, Friedel Weinert, Laws of Nature, page 23:
glosses: The property of being a raven.
membrane potential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: membrane potentials
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The difference in electrical potential across the enclosing membrane of a cell
duckness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From duck + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: According to this way of thinking, one knows what DUCK is because ducks have something in common — their duckness categorized according to how they walk, talk, and so on.
ref: 1995, David Metzger, The Lost Cause of Rhetoric, page 82:
text: However, while both designer and creature seem intent on zeroing in on real and pure duckness, this state remains elusive. The Duck is always on the move (both spatially and in terms of its nature), now drawing near, now drawing away […]
ref: 2003, European Association for American Studies. Conference, Hans Bak, Walter Hölbling, "Natures nation" revisited (page 434)
text: When one points out that these lines must be taken as the bill and the eye as looking in this direction, one is not marshaling evidence for duckness, but trying to get another to see the picture as a duck.
ref: 2006, Benjamin R. Tilghman, Reflections on Aesthetic Judgment and Other Essays, page 169:
glosses: The quality of being a duck.
membrane potentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of membrane potential
pseudosecret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudosecrets
Etymology: From pseudo- + secret.
Senses: examples: text: For a real secret he substitutes a pseudosecret, though in doing so he cannot help telling the attentive reader that there is a secret there.
ref: 1983, Frank Kermode, Essays on Fiction: 1971-82, page 147:
text: Thus, pseudosecrets can also become a way of maintaining generational and sexual boundaries in the family.
ref: 2000, Linda Berg Cross, Basic Concepts in Family Therapy, page 159:
text: Diplomats succeed by appealing to the better side of human nature, to shared interests and values, and to shared culture and humanity, and shared pseudosecrets are an excellent way to break the ice.
ref: 2007, John Brady Kiesling, Diplomacy Lessons:
glosses: A supposed secret that is not actually secret; open secret.
pseudosecrets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudosecret
pseudosclerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + sclerotic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pseudosclerosis.
cheese with that whine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheese with your wine
Etymology: A pun on whine and wine (traditionally served with cheese); popularized by Phil McGraw ("Dr. Phil"), American TV psychologist.
Senses: examples: text: She sighed and flopped back down on the bed, arms out at her sides. What was the point of getting out of bed? She had nothing to do. Nobody cared. Oh brother. Want some cheese with that wine?
ref: 2009, Kelly Jamieson, Irish Sex Fairy, page 29:
text: One of my favorites, overheard as a chief responded to an intern: “Do you want some cheese with that whine?” What was occurring, of course, was that the seniors taught the juniors how to act in accepted and time-honored ways.
ref: 2011, Katherine C. Kellogg, Challenging Operations: Medical Reform and Resistance in Surgery, page 60:
text: Want a little cheese with that whine? As if we are ever in control anyway. Hard to have sympathy for an attitude like that, yet how many of us really do have that mindset?
ref: 2012, Meg Blackburn Losey, The Art of Living Out Loud:
glosses: Offered to somebody who is perceived to be complaining too much.
wikipedia: Phil McGraw
croquet mallet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: croquet mallets
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The wooden mallet used in croquet to strike the ball
crimen falsi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A crime involving a falsehood, such as forgery, perjury, or counterfeiting.
Porcellian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Porcellian
form: most Porcellian
Etymology: From Latin porcellus (“piglet”) + -ian after the dinners of roasted pig that the club originally held.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Porcellian Club, a final club at Harvard University.
Porcellian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Porcellians
Etymology: From Latin porcellus (“piglet”) + -ian after the dinners of roasted pig that the club originally held.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Porcellian Club.
Porcellians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Porcellian
final club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: final clubs
Etymology: Harvard used to have a variety of clubs for freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors, with students of different years being in different clubs, and the "final clubs" were so named because they were the last social club a person could join before graduation.
Senses: glosses: An undergraduate social club at Harvard College.
final clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of final club
leiomyomatoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leiomyomatosis
sodium channel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sodium channels
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A system of proteins that transports sodium ions through cell membranes
rewindings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rewinding
no names, no pack drill
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Of military origin; see drill (“military exercise”).
Senses: examples: text: No way. I told you at the start. No names, no fucking pack-drill.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 290:
glosses: Not mentioning the names of miscreants to prevent them from getting into trouble.
nexion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nexions
Etymology: Perhaps related to connection, nexus, etc.?
Senses: examples: text: To implement sinister strategy — i.e., to presence the acausal (or "the dark forces") via nexions and so change evolution.
ref: 2001, James R. Lewis, Satanism Today, page 197:
text: […] the ONA has indeed opened certain nexions, which openings The Dark Gods have been waiting for...
ref: 2006, dissidentn...@hotmail.com, “New ONA MSS Part 3: Return to the Dark”, in alt.satanism (Usenet):
text: These nine fundamental forms […] exist in many combinations within the nexion which the Tree of Wyrd represents[…]
ref: 2008, Order of Nine Angles, Codex Saerus, page 157:
topics: lifestyle
occultism
religion
glosses: A kind of occult gate or portal.
glosses: A clandestine cell of the Order of Nine Angles.
nexions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nexion
presenced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Doubtless there are occasions when the beauty of the heights of the ideal becomes uniquely profiled and the correlative fusion of I's becomes uniquely presenced, as perhaps in worship, great works of art, acts of heroism, mass political actions, etc.
ref: 1992, J. G. Hart, The Person and the Common Life: Studies in a Husserlian Social Ethics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, page 446:
text: […]every time you shift the degree of magnification, new complexity, new activity becomes presenced.
ref: 1994, Beryl C. Curt, Textuality and Tectonics: Troubling social and psychological science, Open University Press, page 62:
text: Building a monument, or a house, is a social act in which the relationship between earth and sky, people and the divine, becomes presenced at a particular place or is brought into coexistence in a performative act.
ref: 2010, Christopher Tilley, Interpreting Landscapes: Geologies, Topographies, Identities, page 35:
glosses: That has been presenced; that has been made present.
presenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of presence
presencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of presence
poochie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -uːtʃi
homophone: poochy
Forms: form: poochies
Etymology: From pooch + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: “That's not a good name for a poochie as cute as you,” she said snuggling the dog to her. “It is when you get to know him,” Julian said eyeing the traitorous hound.
ref: 2007, Patt Mihailoff, Baby Papers, page 66:
text: A doggie diner, a poochie playdate, a puppy kindergarten. No matter, you will not be embarrassed. Surely people have always loved their dogs this much, that is what I tell myself, and you will too.
ref: 2009, Megan McMorris, Woman's Best Friend, page 147:
glosses: A dog; a pooch.
poochies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poochie
postformation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + formation.
Senses: glosses: After formation (of a business, an anatomical structure, etc.).
self-affine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting self-affinity.
self-affinity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + affinity.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The condition of a fractal whose pieces are scaled by different amounts in the x and y directions, so that self-similarity becomes apparent only after an anisotropic transformation.
Related terms: self-affine
acanthopod
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkæn.θəˌpɑd/
Etymology: From acantho- (“spiny”) + -pod (“having such a foot”).
Senses: glosses: Spiny-footed.
Derived terms: acanthopodous
acanthopodous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æˌkænˈθɑ.pə.dəs/
ipa: /æˌkənˈθɑ.pə.dəs/
Forms: form: more acanthopodous
form: most acanthopodous
Etymology: From acantho + -podous. Compare acanthopod and acanthopodious.
Senses: glosses: Spiny-footed.
examples: text: ...while acanthropodous setae are a carnivorous adaptation.
ref: 1986, Frederick R. Schram, Crustaceans, Oxford University Press:
glosses: Having spiny peduncles.
acanthopore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkæn.θəˌpɔɹ/
Forms: form: acanthopores
Etymology: From acantho- + -pore (“opening”).
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A tubular spine in some bryozoans.
acanthopores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthopore
acanthopt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.kən.θɑpt/
ipa: /ˈæ.kæn.θɑpt/
Forms: form: acanthopts
Etymology: From translingual Acanthopteri (a genus of fish).
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A member of the taxonomic superorder of fish, Acanthopterygii.
Plimptonesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Plimptonesque
form: most Plimptonesque
Etymology: From Plimpton + -esque.
Senses: glosses: In a style reminiscent of George Plimpton (1927–2003), American sports writer.
acanthopts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthopt
singularization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singularizations
Etymology: From singular + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: When the world is moving towards globalisation and standardisation, India seems to be taking a step back. For something like clothing sizes for the Indian consumer market, singularisation makes way more sense than putting efforts into into introducing an entirely new size chart.
ref: 2019 January 20, “India on the size charts”, in Ahmedabad Mirror:
text: Migrant in the singular is used as a noun or as a premodification of another noun, e.g., migrant worker (individualisation, singularisation), migrant labour (functionalisation) or migrant community (collectivisation, singularisation) and migrant families (collectivisation, pluralization), and such cases appear in all papers.
ref: 2019, Anna Bączkowska, “A Corpus-Assised Critical Discourse Analysis of 'Migrants' and 'Migration' in the British Tabloids and Quality Press”, in Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, editor, Contacts and Contrasts in Cultures and Languages, Springer, →ISBN, page 168:
antonyms: pluralization
glosses: The process or result of singularizing
Related terms: desingularization
resingularization
singularizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singularization
desingularize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desingularizes
form: desingularizing
form: desingularized
form: desingularized
Etymology: From de- + singularize.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To resolve (a singularity) by means of desingularization.
desingularizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desingularize
desingularizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desingularize
desingularized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desingularize
resingularization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resingularizations
Etymology: From re- + singularization.
Senses: examples: text: The main goal of Guattari's generalized ecology is to allow for the resingularization of individuals and collectivities through the radical questioning of the limited subjective formations of capitalism.
ref: 2001, Gary Genosko, Deleuze and Guattari: Guattari, page 500:
glosses: The process of singularizing again; a return to the singularity or uniqueness of things.
resingularizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resingularization
Scotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Scotic
form: most Scotic
form: Scottic
Etymology: From Latin Scōticus. By surface analysis, Scot + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to ancient Scotland.
scoto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: skoto-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos, “darkness”).
Senses: glosses: darkness
Related terms: shade
shadow
skoto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos, “darkness”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scoto-.
sea louse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea lice
Senses: synonyms: caligid
glosses: Any copepod within the family Caligidae (order Siphonostomatoida); a kind of marine ectoparasite that feeds on the mucus, epidermal tissue and blood of fishes.
glosses: The horseshoe crab.
sea lice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea louse
skotomorphogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From skoto- + morphogenesis.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The development of a seedling in the dark.
skotomorphogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to skotomorphogenesis.
acanthopteran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æˌkænˈθɑp.tə.ɹən/
Forms: form: acanthopterans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acanthopterygian.
acanthopteran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æˌkænˈθɑp.tə.ɹən/
Forms: form: more acanthopteran
form: most acanthopteran
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acanthopterygian.
acanthopterans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthopteran
scotoperiod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scotoperiods
form: skotoperiod
Etymology: From scoto- + period.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The period of darkness, or absence of daylight, experienced by an organism.
Synonyms: night
nighttime
scotoperiods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scotoperiod
slower than molasses
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slow as molasses.
your guess is as good as mine
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: I don't know; I have no idea.
Related terms: anyone's guess
search me
you tell me
acanthors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthor
skotoperiod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skotoperiods
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scotoperiod.
skotoperiods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skotoperiod
smother crop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smother crops
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A kind of cover crop planted near a primary crop in order to prevent the growth of weeds in that area.
Related terms: cover crop
smother crops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smother crop
worth it
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We don't suppose that complaining about it now is worth it.
text: Using the Internet as an information resource is hardly worth it just to make student reports richer. It is worth it if the Internet is going to be used as a laboratory for choosing, exploring, searching, justifying and supporting views, etc.
ref: 2003, Council of Europe, Learning and Teaching in the Communication Society, page 131:
glosses: Worth doing; worth the time, effort, etc.
Synonyms: worthwhile
Related terms: not worth the candle
pledgeability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pledge + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being pledgeable.
multisign
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + sign.
Senses: examples: a multisign sequence
a multisign utterance
glosses: Consisting of multiple signs.
heigho
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Dated form of hey ho.
Creativity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A nontheistic religion based on religious naturalism and white racialism.
run the show
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs the show
form: running the show
form: ran the show
form: run the show
Senses: examples: text: "Far's I can see. Young Alf's made up his mind to learn the dentist business, and the old folks are backin' him; so I don't see but I've got to stop on and run the show. Father's gettin' up in years now."
ref: 1904, Sara Jeannette Duncan, The Imperialist:
text: In any viable scenario of renationalisation, the idea was always to ensure that the railways were at arm's length from the Department, since it was recognised that allowing civil servants to run the show is always a bad idea.
ref: 2020 June 3, Christian Wolmar, “Unworkable policies cripple our beleagered railway”, in Rail, page 51:
text: Nigeria had done their homework and were well organised. Halimatu Ayinde was exceptional in her marking of James, who had scored twice and provided three assists as she ran the show against China.
ref: 2023 August 7, Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To be the leader, to be in charge.
run out of town
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs out of town
form: running out of town
form: ran out of town
form: run out of town
Senses: glosses: To force someone out of a place or a position.
kagura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑɡəɹɑ/
Etymology: From Japanese 神楽 (kagura, literally “god music”). See more at the Japanese entry.
Senses: glosses: A kind of Shinto theatrical dance in Japan.
run its course
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs its course
form: running its course
form: ran its course
form: run its course
Senses: synonyms: take its course
glosses: To come to a natural end.
give the royal treatment
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives the royal treatment
form: giving the royal treatment
form: gave the royal treatment
form: given the royal treatment
Senses: examples: text: We would spit in the food of difficult customers and give the royal treatment to those who treated us with respect. I could never comprehend how a patron could treat somebody they entrusted with their food with anything but the utmost of esteem...
ref: 2006, Michael Eliot Mehler, Nice Jewish Felon, page 113:
glosses: To treat (someone) extremely well.
rip-snorting mad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: extremely angry
Curie temperatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Curie temperature
hate on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hates on
form: hating on
form: hated on
form: hated on
Senses: examples: text: I could feel other girls in the room hating on me and my friends with their stares.
ref: 2012, Stephanie Perry Moore, Keep Jumping/No Hating, page 11:
glosses: To feel or act spitefully towards.
Curie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Curie.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French, especially referring to Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie.
Derived terms: curate
curie
Curie-Weiss law
curite
curium
fibrewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fiberwise.
fibrewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fiberwise.
multipetalled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multipetaled.
multipetaled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multipetalled
Etymology: From multi- + petaled.
Senses: glosses: Having multiple petals.
duckhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From duck + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Thus the plucked duck ready for roasting, lacking feathers, ability to fly, webbed feet, long flat bill, fertility in breeding with other ducks, and any other of the usually used symptoms of duckhood, may be still much closer to ducks in the n-dimensional attribute space than to any other natural kind.
ref: 1988, Donald T. Campbell, E. Samuel Overman, Methodology and Epistemology for Social Sciences: Selected Papers:
glosses: The state or quality of being a duck.
Synonyms: duckness
cab off the rank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabs off the rank
Etymology: Figurative reference to cabs at a taxi rank, which wait in a line for passengers, the frontmost cab departing first.
Senses: examples: text: The Boys Next Door […] were as likely a prospect as the Australian new wave was going to throw up, could have been and in many ways were the next cab off the rank after the Saints and Radio Birdman, Australia's twin prophets of punk.
ref: 2009, Karen Welberry, Tanya Dalziell, Cultural Seeds: Essays on the Work of Nick Cave, page 34:
text: Once again I left Jason's office in high spirits. First cab off the rank was to pay off the LAND card and I intended to do it straightaway, like ripping off a band-aid.
ref: 2010, Antonia Magee, Living Thin, page 128:
glosses: Something fitting or occurring at a specified point in a series.
Related terms: cab-rank rule
rattle someone's chain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rattles someone's chain
form: rattling someone's chain
form: rattled someone's chain
form: rattled someone's chain
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rattle someone's cage.
synonyms: word: rattle someone's cage
Revelle factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After American oceanographer Roger Revelle.
Senses: qualifier: marine chemistry
glosses: A measure of how readily ocean waters will uptake atmospheric carbon dioxide.
wikipedia: Roger Revelle
kitchen knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitchen knives
Senses: glosses: Any knife used for preparing food.
datamart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: datamarts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of data mart.
datamarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of datamart
data mart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: data marts
form: datamart
Etymology: Following the metaphor of a data warehouse.
Senses: examples: text: One of the issues of data warehouses and data marts is how data gets from the data warehouse to the data mart. Data in the data warehouse is very granular. Data in the data mart is very compact and summarized.
ref: 2002 [1991], W. H. Inmon, Building the Data Warehouse, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 142:
glosses: The access layer of a data warehouse environment, used to distribute a subset of the data to users.
Related terms: spreadmart
data marts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of data mart
spreadmart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spreadmarts
Etymology: Blend of spread + data mart
Senses: glosses: A system of spreadsheets, databases, etc. developed for data analysis, often becoming unmaintainable through size or complexity.
spreadmarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spreadmart