cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
alphabeticalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alphabetical + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The ABC's alphabeticalness doubtless had some attraction for Chaucer, independent of its subject.
ref: 1868, Chaucer Society (London, England), Publications, page 95:
text: The alphabeticalness is important because it's simple and because the words a poet writes are things made of alphabet elements where vowels are the sounding spaces.
ref: 1976, Open Letter:
text: There seems to be even a fourth reason for not adhering to strict alphabeticalness: 9.4. Keep combinations that are closely related in meaning together by entering them in the entry for the first element Thus, e.g. the OALD says in[…]
ref: 2017 December 4, Arne Zettersten, Viggo Hjornager Pedersen, Symposium on Lexicography VII: Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Lexicography May 5–6, 1994 at the University of Copenhagen, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN, page 192:
synonyms: alphabeticality
glosses: The state of being alphabetical.
alphabeticality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alphabetical + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: What I want in the presidential case is a force at work in each election ensuring alphabeticality.
ref: 2011 September 30, Michael Strevens, Depth: An Account of Scientific Explanation, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 171:
text: Its simplicity makes it understandable; its alphabeticality makes it memorable.
ref: 2013 February 7, Daniel H Pink, To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Persuading, Convincing, and Influencing Others, Canongate Books, →ISBN:
text: The sign for /s/ represents an aspe of alphabeticality in the Cherokee writing system.
ref: 2003 09, Kirsten Malmkjaer, Linguistics Encyclopedia, Routledge, →ISBN, page 675:
glosses: Synonym of alphabeticalness.
synonyms: word: alphabeticalness
ice-cream shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice-cream shops
Senses: examples: text: For instance, if you plan to open an ice-cream shop in Kailua, compare your estimates to actual sales of other ice-cream shops in Honolulu or on the outer islands.
ref: 1988, Dennis Kondo, Business Basics in Hawaii: Secrets of Starting Your Own Small Business in Our State, Honolulu, Haw.: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 18:
text: Sergeant Spence, of the Northern District, speaking of the behaviour of the boys and girls who frequented the ice-cream shops, stated that they were in the habit of smoking cigarettes and dancing to music supplied by a mouth organ, while the language was more forcible than polite.
ref: 1991, Francis McKee, “Ice Cream and Immorality”, in Harlan Walker, editor, Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1991: Public Eating: Proceedings, Prospect Books, published 1992, →ISBN, pages 202–203:
text: They ate together a couple of evenings a week, went to movies, played in the park, visited the ice-cream shop, even went grocery-shopping once when Kyle stopped by as Jamie and Ashley were on their way to do that weekly chore.
ref: 1999, Tara Taylor Quinn, chapter 12, in Her Secret, His Child, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 179:
glosses: Alternative form of ice cream shop.
ice-cream shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice-cream shop
ice cream shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice cream shop
granny's fannies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granny's fanny
Authorised Version
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Authorised Version
Senses: examples: text: In this first half of the New Testament for English readers, he gives the text of the Authorised Version so cut up with words and passages in italics, with clauses enclosed within brackets as doubtful, and the words “omit,” “render,” “read,” &c., occur so often, with no explanation beyond the Dean’s ipse dixit, that the English reader—for whom, as wholly ignorant of Greek and criticism, Dr. Alford prepared his work—must either turn aside from it, or think the Version he was taught to venerate a mass of corruption, and the language he ought to follow little else than an uncouth idiom, to be set aside and forgotten. In the latter half of the work, containing the Epistles, the Dean prints the Authorised Version unaltered, and his own Revised version, side by side in parallel columns; an arrangement which is, on the whole, better.
ref: 1869, S[olomon] C[aesar] Malan, A Plea for the Received Greek Text and for the Authorised Version of the New Testament, in Answer to Some of the Dean of Canterbury’s Criticisms on Both, London: Hatchards, […], pages 184–185:
text: The first Cambridge edition of the Authorised Version was printed by him in 1629, a fine book with an elaborately engraved title-page.
ref: 1921, S[ydney] C[astle] Roberts, A History of the Cambridge University Press 1521–1921, Cambridge: at the University Press, page 54:
text: Robert Young was appointed King’s Printer in Scotland in 1632 and with the aid of his London partners printed the Authorised Version and with it an edition of The Book of Common Prayer, whereas the Scottish Psalter had remained conjoined to the Genevan Forme of Prayers; […]
ref: 2007, James Porter, “Introduction: Defining strains: Tradition, invention, genre and context in musical life”, in Defining Strains: The Musical Life of Scots in the Seventeenth Century (Studies in the History and Culture of Scotland; 2), Peter Lang, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 35:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Authorized Version.
yes-brainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yes-brainers
Etymology: From yes + brain + -er, modelled on no-brainer.
Senses: examples: text: It is a ‘no-brainer’ to state that every one of us is unique and a clear ‘yes-brainer’ to take account of developmental body–brain–mind patterns that can guide us in devising templates for individual intervention and caregiving.
ref: 2013, Caroline Archer, Christine Gordon, “Fitting the Pieces Together”, in Reparenting the Child Who Hurts: A Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma and Attachments, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 56:
text: Do you see the problem here? I may be at the extreme end of the yes-brainer approach to shopping, but consumers are better informed and more curious than ever, and taking a stand, even a casual one, against that movement indicates a kind of frailty of imagination.
ref: 2017 May 24, Jon Caramanica, “What Happened to J. Crew?”, in The New York Times:
antonyms: no-brainer
glosses: Something (a problem, decision, task etc.) that requires thought and consideration; a sensible conclusion or solution.
greyhoundlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more greyhoundlike
form: most greyhoundlike
Etymology: From greyhound + -like.
Senses: glosses: Similar to a greyhound
hot-dog bun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot-dog buns
Senses: examples: text: The butter rolls, for example, can be traced to the Italian housewives on Finney Lane, who first showed the Arnolds how to “tie” them, after the manner of the old country, and the hot-dog buns, of course, originated with Arnold’s memorable sprint to the Ringling Brothers circus.
ref: 1957, The New Yorker, page 70:
text: The rain is coming down harder, making the hot-dog buns soggy.
ref: 1991, Aethlon, page 130:
text: When he turned and found Jessie was laughing, too, he stopped filling the hot-dog buns and frowned at them all.
ref: 1991, Andrea Edwards, Starting Over, Silhouette Desire, →ISBN, page 113:
text: Generously fill each hot-dog bun with lobster salad and serve.
ref: 2000, Food & Wine:
text: We sit on a blue metal bench, shaded from the sun, watching seagulls swoop and strut for control of a hot-dog bun in right field, and we talk about our favorite players, Kaline, Cash, Horton, Brinkman, Lolich.
ref: 2001, The Final Season: Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark, Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of hot dog bun.
hot-dog buns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot-dog bun
Warang Citi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Varang Kshiti
form: Barang Kshiti
Etymology: Borrowed from Ho 𑣙𑣗𑣁𑣜𑣊 𑣏𑣂𑣕𑣂 (warang citi, “undying writing”).
Senses: glosses: an alphabet designed for writing the Ho language
weasellier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of weaselly: more weaselly
weaselliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of weaselly: most weaselly
Bückeburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Schaumburg district, Lower Saxony, Germany, on the border with North Rhine-Westphalia.
mouth soaping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouth soapings
Senses: examples: text: Applications of justice may range all the way from mouth soaping to murder; many different situations call for different forms of justice.
ref: 1967, John Cunyus Hodges, Harbrace College Handbook, page 388:
text: Strict with her own children, she seemed to us, when we were little, a little indifferent to property rights, often extending the hairbrushing or mouth-soaping of her own delinquents to Daisy's.
ref: 1970, Elizabeth Kimball, The Man in the Panama Hat, page 20:
text: A mouth soaping does not erase the dirty word from mind.
ref: 2000, Raven Walker, The Zen Manager, page 100:
text: Unfortunately the Coomers failed to see the humor of the situation, and I picked up several new obscenities and some fascinating combinations of the mouth-soaping words I already knew.
ref: 2001, Lewis Hill, Fetched-Up Yankee, page 94:
text: Matthew met the girl's stare with equal force and said calmly, "You have heard a lie, and whoever told you such a thing is not only a liar but a soul in need of a mouth-soaping.
ref: 2013, Robert McCammon, Speaks the Nightbird:
text: While not worth a mouth soaping, boredom can indicate the problem of turning inward.
ref: 2014, Everyday Inspiration from God's Creation: A Daily Devotional, Barbour Publishing:
glosses: The act of forcing soap into a person's mouth as punishment, typically for using foul language or for something else related to speech, such as lying.
Related terms: mouthsoap
wash one's mouth out
soap one's mouth
Cafesjian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cafesjians
form: Kafesjian
Etymology: From Armenian Գաֆեսճյան (Gafesčyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian
culturatus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Marshall McLuhan started out like most of the celebrated academic oracles of the past 100 years or so, namely, writing things that were incomprehensible to l’homme moyen intellectuel, which is French for what I call your average culturatus. Your average culturatus has a B.A. from Rutgers, a thin wife, a Volkswagen, a subscription to Architectural Forum, white Saarinen pedestal chairs in the dining alcove, a Fisher hi-fi, all the Beatles albums from Revolver on, brown bread in the bread box, a McCarthy button, a lapsed pledge card from core, and an idea for a science-fiction novel about a planet inhabited by holy primitives.
ref: 1968 September 15, Tom Wolfe, “McLuhan: through electric circuitry to God”, in Chicago Tribune, 122d year, number 259, section 9 (Book World, volume II, number 37), page 4:
text: In short, every culturally literate person, every culturatus, must know who Oblomov is, if he or she intends to participate in the cultural discourse, but no one will ever be blackballed from that discourse for not recognising the name “Goncharov” or not having read his novel from cover to cover.
ref: 1992 August 19, Gilbert Adair, “Culture rapping”, in The Guardian, London; Manchester, page 32:
text: Still, one has only to meet Professor Malcolm Coppleson, Macquarie Street gynaecologist and culturatus, a regular on the world medical-lecture circuit, to recognise a man of wit.
ref: 1996 November 16, “Sophisticated Australians? It’s just an old wise tale.”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 49,675, page 4s:
text: Of all the careers embodying the Gilded Age’s beau ideal of the musical gentleman culturatus, the most spectacular was that of Rupert Hughes (1872–1956), the only classical music critic to become a millionaire and Hollywood celebrity.
ref: 1998, Mark N. Grant, Eric Friedheim, Maestros of the Pen: A History of Classical Music Criticism in America, Northeastern University Press, →ISBN, page 219:
text: His [Bernard Herrmann’s] Russian-immigrant father was a culturatus, and exposed him from his youngest days to high art.
ref: 2017, Steven Rawle, Kevin J. Donnelly, editors, Partners in Suspense: Critical Essays on Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock, Manchester University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: singular of culturati
Sheplan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sheplans
Senses: glosses: A surname.
winning mentality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winning mentalities
Georgelos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Georgeloses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
smoke-eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smoke-eaters
Senses: examples: text: A. H. Strom, the “firemen’s friend,” who has been serving coffee and sandwiches to the smoke-eaters at practically every fire of importance in the last twenty years, also spoke, as did Tommy Allen, Civil War Veteran, and former fireman.
ref: 1920, International Fire Fighter, page 23:
text: In fact, six pieces of apparatus were called out as a result of the second and third alarms and the smoke was so thick that even some of the so-called “smoke-eaters” were overcome in their desperate efforts to check it.
ref: 1927, The Express Messenger, page 13:
text: The blaze was yet a fern fire, but it was what the smoke-eaters called a “hot job.”
ref: 1947, James Stevens, Paul Bunyan’s Bears, Seattle: Frank McCaffrey Publishers, page 111:
text: In his southern drawl, Fire Chief Chase Talbot addressed the thirty or so smoke-eaters assembled in the academy classroom, the smile on his face warm and affectionate.
ref: 2001, Kathryn Shay, The Fire Within, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 79:
glosses: Alternative form of smoke eater.
smoke-eaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smoke-eater
Kuri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Nabi
glosses: An Austronesian language of the Bomberai Peninsula of New Guinea.
Kuri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group of Chad.
aberrationality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aberrational + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The violence, lasciviousness and aberrationality of these images reflect nothing but the normative deviance of contemporary Japanese mass culture. Sidestepping questions of meaning, the fabrication of this impactful imagery assumes […]
ref: 2018 May 11, Malcolm Quinn, Dave Beech, Michael Lehnert, Carol Tulloch, Stephen Wilson, The Persistence of Taste: Art, Museums and Everyday Life After Bourdieu, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: The state of being aberrational.
Naenae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.
fatcha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fatchas
Etymology: Compare Italian faccia.
Senses: synonyms: ecaf
eek
glosses: A face.
Derived terms: fake the fatcha
Taita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A northern suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.
fake the fatcha
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fakes the fatcha
form: faking the fatcha
form: faked the fatcha
form: faked the fatcha
Senses: glosses: To shave one's face.
glosses: To apply makeup to one's face.
leporines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leporine
non-condensing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + condensing.
Senses: examples: text: The locomotive is of the non-condensing type, and has a conventional fire-tube boiler, working to a pressure of 310 lb. per sq. in.
ref: 1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Geared Steam-Turbine Locomotive, Pennsylvania Railroad”, in Railway Magazine, page 48:
glosses: Alternative form of noncondensing.
Torrs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Torr
Torrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Torr
Little Belt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A literal translation of Danish Lillebælt.
Senses: examples: text: A feature of these restorations is the evidence they afford that the massive bridge over the Little Belt is undamaged; the ferry crossing of the Great Belt between Korsor and Nyborg is also made at normal peacetime speed.
ref: 1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Denmark Restores Streamline Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 48:
glosses: A strait in Denmark, between Jutland (Danish Jylland) and Funen (Danish Fyn).
Related terms: Great Belt
Grimthorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Grimthorpes
form: Grimthorping
form: Grimthorped
form: Grimthorped
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of grimthorpe.
grimthorpes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grimthorpe
grimthorping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grimthorpe
grimthorped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grimthorpe
Grimthorpes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Grimthorpe
Grimthorping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Grimthorpe
Grimthorped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Grimthorpe
TODA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: TODAs
Senses: topics: road
transport
glosses: Initialism of Tricycle Operators & Drivers Association.
Related terms: PUJ
PUV
sail vault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sail vaults
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A dome-shaped vault constrained to the square inscribed in the base circle.
Related terms: pendentive
presenting problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presenting problems
Senses: glosses: The reason a person seeks professional attention, which may or may not reflect the actual problem.
presenting problems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of presenting problem
ḥPʻags-pa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Since the language of the ḥPʻags-pa is different from Written Mongolian, it cannot be discussed in this grammar.
ref: 1954, Nicholas Poppe, Grammar of Written Mongolian, page 6:
glosses: Alternative form of 'Phags-pa.
ḥP'ags-pa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 'Phags-pa.
unquit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪt
Forms: form: unquits
form: unquitting
form: unquit
form: unquit
Etymology: From un- + quit.
Senses: examples: text: In my effort to conceive, I've tried acupressure, chiropractic, Reiki, quitting wheat, quitting dairy, quitting sugar, quitting meat, unquitting meat, eating lots of ice cream, expensive supplements, charting ovulation, Chinese herbs, yoga, breathing, meditation, hypnosis, ayurveda, muscle testing, meditation, homeopathy, Kabbalah classes, church, colonics....
ref: 2015 April 6, Jillian Lauren, “How Do You Know When It's Time to Stop Trying?”, in Elle, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2017:
text: Boy. Get ready to unquit smoking.
ref: 2017 May 26, Zachary Lipez, “The Guide to Getting into Nick Cave”, in VICE, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2022:
text: Looming over any fresh attempt at vegetarianism is the specter of the first time I quit, when I unquit for almost no reason
ref: 2020 March 10, Sarah Miller, “Eating meat is inhumane, bad for the environment, and harmful to my health. I still can't give it up.”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2023:
text: Maggie has to "unquit" her job but they've already hired someone new and Ben hasn't been to work in days which still perplexes me because it wasn't that long ago that the board shop was very broke.
ref: 2020 July 6, Stephanie McKenna, “Home and Away Review: Willow uncovers Jasmine's dark web secrets”, in The West Australian, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2022:
glosses: To undo the effects of quitting; to start again.
unquit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪt
Etymology: From un- + quit.
Senses: examples: text: Should I be asked why this man should not be brought within the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Virginia so as to punish him—was he to go unquit by justice for his offences?—my answer would at once be: No, gentlemen, not for one moment.
ref: 1859, Robert M. De Witt, John Edwin Cook, The Life, Trial, and Execution of Captain John Brown, page 88:
synonyms: unquitted
glosses: Not repaid or answered; unrequited.
loculoascomycete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loculoascomycetes
Senses: glosses: An ascomycete fungus in which the asci, which are bitunicate and fissitunicate, develop in pre-formed locules.
Derived terms: loculoascomycetous
unquits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unquit
unquitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unquit
unquod
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unquod
form: most unquod
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of unked.
unracy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unracy
form: most unracy
Senses: examples: text: We even–purely for research purposes you understand–listened to the tips on intimacy from the sexy-sounding Dr Pepper Schwarz. They are disappointingly unracy.
ref: 2020 October 2, Harry Wallop, “Can new app Paired’s quizzes about sex, intimacy and housework really help your relationship?”, in The Times, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2021:
glosses: Not racy (in various senses).
lyxoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyxosides
Senses: glosses: A pyranoside ring in which the glycone is lyxose.
macroaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macroactions
Senses: glosses: An equivalence class of sequences of one or more microactions that all have the same starting state and the same terminal state.
macrocategory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrocategories
Senses: examples: text: The procedure consists of microcategory detection, and feature matching to detect macrocategories.
ref: 1994, Machine Vision Applications in Industrial Inspection, page 141:
text: In this dynamic, interrelated microcategory problems, such as prostitution and violence against women, are recognized as manifestations of macrocategory problems such as poverty and human rights.
ref: 1995, Margaret Eletta Guider, Daughters of Rahab, page 109:
text: As has already been stated, most lexical items from the conceptual macrocategory CLOTHES are inextricably related to the macrocategory HUMAN BEING, the relationships being bi-directional in nature.
ref: 2012, Adam Głaz, Hubert Kowalewski, Anna Weremczuk, What’s in a Text? Inquiries into the Textual Cornucopia, page 253:
glosses: A category that is made up of multiple smaller microcategories.
microcategory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcategories
Etymology: From micro- + category.
Senses: examples: text: The procedure consists of microcategory detection, and feature matching to detect macrocategories.
ref: 1994, Machine Vision Applications in Industrial Inspection, page 141:
text: In this dynamic, interrelated microcategory problems, such as prostitution and violence against women, are recognized as manifestations of macrocategory problems such as poverty and human rights.
ref: 1995, Margaret Eletta Guider, Daughters of Rahab, page 109:
text: Because such elements of conceptual information as (COUNTRY-BORN) and (CULTIVATING LAND) seem to be epistemologically central to the conceptual microcategory MAN OF THE COUNTRY, the semantics of such lexical categories as bumpkin, yokel, hick and dirt farmer allows us to relate the categories to a more marginal position in MAN OF THE COUNTRY; someone referred to as bumpkin, yokel, hick and dirt farmer is, by the same token, a less representative example of the category MAN OF THE COUNTRY than someone referred to as farmer, rustic, or peasant.
ref: 2004, Christian J. Kay, Jeremy J. Smith, Categorization in the History of English, page 75:
glosses: A category that is a subset of a larger category (the macrocategory), especially one that has very few members.
macroinference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macroinferences
Senses: examples: text: Thus the crucial criterion for selecting middle-level units for macroinferences is the scope of the consequences of behaviors in the microcontext.
ref: 1983, Sociology Toward the Year 2000: The Sociological Galaxy, page 28:
text: Assessing the optimality of external borrowing is a difficult proposition indeed, but this need not keep us from reaching macroinferences.
ref: 1991, D. Das, Korean Economic Dynamism, page 172:
text: Macroinference is not a process of firing a symbolic production but rather of qualitative state change in a dynamical system, such as a phase transition.
ref: 2012, Paul Smolensky, “One the Proper Treatment of Connectionism”, in David J. Cole, James H. Fetzer, Terry L. Rankin, editors, Philosophy, Mind, and Cognitive Inquiry, page 197:
text: The everyday settings alluded to above are of interest because they make it possible for organizations to achieve their own macro-inferences about their own day-to-day activities.
ref: 2014, Karin Knorr Cetina, A.V. Cicourel, Advances in Social Theory and Methodology, page 66:
glosses: An inference that is based on multiple small bits of data, each of which contribute a supporting microinference.
kasundi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈsʊndi/
/ˈkʌsʊndi/
Forms: form: kasundis
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali কাসুন্দি (kaśundi), from Prakrit *𑀓𑀸𑀲𑀫𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀻𑀆 (*kāsamaddīā) (compare Sanskrit कासमर्दिका (kāsamardikā)), from 𑀓𑀸𑀲𑀫𑀤𑁆𑀤 (kāsamadda, “Cassia spp.”), from Sanskrit कासमर्द (kāsamarda), from कास् (kās) + मर्द (marda), literally “cough-crushing”.
Compare Assamese কাহুন্দি (kahundi, “kasundi”), Hindi कसौंदी (kasaundī, “Cassia occidentalis”), Odia କାଶଣ୍ଡୀ (kāśaṇḍi, “Cassia sophora”), କାସୁନ୍ଦି (kāsundi, “kasundi”).
Senses: examples: text: 9 Adjust seasoning (including hot mango-kasundi) and remove surplus fat. / 10 Serve with plainly-boiled rice, separately.
ref: 1992, John Fuller, Edward Renold, “Meat, Poultry, and Game”, in The Chef's Compendium of Professional Recipes, 3rd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, page 227:
text: I once set up a contest on my website, asking people to send in dishes that had kasundi as the main ingredient. The response I got was overwhelming and it was difficult to select a winner.
ref: 2012 December 24, Vikas Khanna, “Kasundi Jhinga: Mustard Prawns”, in My Great Indian Cookbook, Penguin Books Limited, →ISBN, page 67:
text: Originally, only Brahmins (the highest Indian caste) were allowed to make the mustard sauce, but now it's open season for kasundi making. The spicy chutney is the preferred dipping sauce for fried foods, especially the beloved Bengali vegetable fritter, called a chop.
ref: 2021 October 12, Cecily Wong, Dylan Thomas, “Pantry Staple: Mustard”, in Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide, Workman Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 172:
glosses: A kind of Bengali pickle relish made with dried slices of green mango preserved in mustard and salt.
melagabbro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melagabbros
Senses: glosses: A form of gabbro that is relatively darkly colored.
Taibi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Taibis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Taibi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian
Related terms: Taibbi
Taibbi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Taibbis
form: Taibbies
Senses: glosses: A surname
Related terms: Taibi
Yuna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Mid West, Western Australia, Australia.
Yuna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Yuna, from Taíno.
Senses: glosses: A river in the Dominican Republic, Hispaniola island.
Yuna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yunas
Etymology: From Korean and Japanese.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
A female given name from Korean.
glosses: A female given name.
A female given name from Japanese.
Related terms: Yeona
Yeonah
Yeonna
Yeonnah
Yunah
Yunna
Yunnah
eogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the earliest stage in diagenesis in which the sediment is still affected by surface processes.
habroneme
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more habroneme
form: most habroneme
Senses: glosses: Having the appearance of fine fibre.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Belonging to the Habronematoidea superfamily of nematodes.
actinopterygiian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or pertaining to Actinopterygii, the bony finned fish.
lepomid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lepomids
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Lepomis genus of fish.
mercaptohistidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mercaptohistidines
Etymology: From mercapto- + histidine.
Senses: glosses: A thiol that is a histidine derivative.
sci-fix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 1965, The Amazing Spider-Man #20 (letters section), Marvel Comics
Stan's head just swelled to a still bigger size! He's beginning to look like one of our own sci-fix men of the future, and it's all your fault!
glosses: Rare form of sci-fi.
scalar bosons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scalar boson
book-lover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: book-lovers
Senses: examples: text: But for book-lovers, and those who delight to read catalogues and such-like records of book-history, it will, if we mistake not, prove to be a source of unfailing interest.
ref: 1887, “Reviews”, in The Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, volume XV, London: Elliot Stock, […]; New York, N.Y.: David G. Francis, […], section “Book Prices Current. No. 1. […]”, page 183, column 2:
text: The library, whether it be on a dirt road or a superhighway, is a congenial home for book-lovers.
ref: 1999 October, Robert Hood, “Going to the Library”, in Scouting, page 46:
text: Here are some other words for book-lovers and a few for book-haters: […]
ref: 2009, Stewart Clark, Graham Pointon, Words: A User’s Guide, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, published 2014, →ISBN, page 46:
glosses: Alternative form of book lover.
book-lovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of book-lover
nonrule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonrules
form: non-rule
Etymology: From non- + rule.
Senses: examples: text: How about nonrules? Where do they come from? We said previously that many nonrules are based on an attempt to force English grammar into the mold of Latin.
ref: 1997, Edward L. Smith, Stephen A. Bernhardt, Writing at Work: Professional Writing Skills for People on the Job, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 26:
text: Right now, let’s attend to a few of what I think of as the Great Nonrules of the English Language. […] Why are they nonrules? So far as I’m concerned, because they’re largely unhelpful, pointlessly constricting, feckless, and useless.
ref: 2019, Benjamin Dreyer, Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style, Random House, →ISBN, pages 7–8:
text: Third – and here’s the clincher – you gotta distinguish between valid rules and nonrules. Now if you’re one of them prescriptivists, I’m gonna free you of five nonrules: Nonrule 1: Never split infinitives.
ref: 2023, Stephen Wilbers, Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders: Writing and Speaking with Confidence, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 104:
glosses: Something that is not a rule.
nonrules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrule
pale as a ghost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Synonym of white as a sheet.
synonyms: word: white as a sheet
JLS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: Initialism of Java Language Specification.
vadms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vadm
Vadms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vadm
VAdms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VAdm
VADMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VADM
VAEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VAE
VAINs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VAIN
VALIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VALI
vcRNAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vcRNA
VASTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VAST
VDRLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VDRL
peskash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peskashes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peshcush.
VILIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VILI
VIPITs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VIPIT
VITTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VITT
VKAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VKA
lophocerine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An isoquinoline alkaloid with IUPAC name 6-methoxy-2-methyl-1-(2-methylpropyl)-3,4-dihydro-1H-isoquinolin-7-ol.
VLATs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VLAT
VLEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VLE
VLIWs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VLIW
VLSs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VLS
VLSes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VLS
VMPFCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VMPFC
VMTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VMT
VNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VN
vNARs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vNAR
VNARs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VNAR
VoCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VoC
volkhvs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of volkhv
VoTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VoT
vPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vP
vRNAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vRNA
VROs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VRO
VSTBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VSTB
VUIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VUI
VVAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VVA
WANETs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WANET
WBTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WBT
WCMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WCM
fish and chip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish-and-chip
Senses: examples: text: a fish and chip supper
text: Nevertheless, fish and chip shops are still the most popular form of takeaway in the UK, and are undergoing something of a renaissance.
ref: 2008, The Book of Business Inspiration, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 243:
text: A Jewish immigrant, Joseph Malin from Eastern Europe, is said to have opened the first fish and chip shop in the east end of London in 1860 and John Lees opened his business a few years later, setting up a wooden hut in the market at Mossley, near Oldham in Lancashire.
ref: 2009, James Kayui Li, Start and Run a Fish and Chip Shop or Burger Bar, How To Books Ltd, →ISBN:
text: One statistic which would confirm this fall consists of the reduction of the number of fish and chip shops in the country, although even here a steady decrease has occurred so that fish and chips seems to have retained its position as Britain’s most popular takeaway.
ref: 2014, Panikos Panayi, Fish & Chips: A History, Reaktion Books Ltd, →ISBN:
text: The end of the line is a two-minute stroll from the ferry terminal. There's a fish and chip shop and two cafes for local mussels, prawns, langoustines and crab, as well as an excellent local gallery, as you wait two hours for the return journey.
ref: 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 45:
glosses: Attributive form of fish and chips.
weak AIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weak AI
weak artificial intelligences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weak artificial intelligence
wedding nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wedding night
crustiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: With a texture of alternating bands parallel to the wall of a vein.
fish-and-chippery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish-and-chipperies
Senses: examples: text: […] Triton with candelabra ablaze stalking across the plastic-polish floor of fish-and-chipperies; […]
ref: 1972, Thea Astley, The Acolyte, Angus and Robertson, →ISBN, page 142:
text: There are two fish-and-chipperies, one Chinese take-away, and Pete’s Eats, a café with permanently steamed-up windows where they serve good bacon sandwiches and pint mugs of strong tea.
ref: 1988, Al Alvarez, “Llanberis”, in Feeding the Rat: A Climber’s Life on the Edge, Bloomsbury, published 2003, →ISBN, page 13:
text: The fish-and-chipperies, the souvenir shops and the penny arcades look forlorn and winter hopeless, two steps from abandonment.
ref: 2006, Joe Bennett, Mustn’t Grumble: An Accidental Return to England, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 215:
glosses: Alternative form of fish and chippery.
fish-and-chipperies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish-and-chippery
femstruation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: femstruations
Etymology: Blend of fem- + menstruation, to avoid the word men.
Senses: topics: feminism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of menstruation.
synonyms: word: menstruation
Hobro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Mariagerfjord municipality, North Jutland region, Denmark.
Langå
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Langaa
Senses: glosses: A town in Randers municipality, Central Denmark Region, Jutland, Denmark.
Langaa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Langå, a town in Denmark.
wikipedia: da:Langå
VTubing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vtubing
Etymology: From VTuber + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: While vtubing as a phenomenon has grown sharply in popularity here in the United States within the last couple of months due to Hololive debuting several new vtubers who speak English on stream, it has existed in one way or another for at least a decade, with various vloggers on YouTube or streamers using face animation technology to hide their actual faces.
ref: 2020 December 22, Tyler Colp, “The Vtuber Industry: Corporatization, Labor, and Kawaii”, in Vice, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2020:
text: Their backs coming up against the wall with every day that passed, the girl—who was sticking to her support role—found out about VTubing, which had only just started showing glimmers of the craze it would later become.
ref: 2022, Nana Nanato, translated by Alice Prowse, VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream, volume 3, J-Novel Club, published 2023, →ISBN:
text: Popular in Asia for some years, VTubing has only recently gained traction in the U.S.
ref: 2022 September 26, Ann-Marie Alcántara, “They’re Internet Famous But Remain Anonymous”, in The Wall Street Journal:
text: Despite the rapidly changing landscape and new challenges, the appeal of VTubing still shines through.
ref: 2022 December 24, Patrick St. Michel, “Pioneer’s departure marked new era for virtual stars”, in The Japan Times:
text: “In the realm of VTubers, there appears to be a concept of a person behind the avatar, but in reality, that doesn’t exist. I am me. I undeniably exist!” Edo Lena said. She highlights the intriguing dynamic of VTubing, where the virtual persona captivates fans while the true identity of the VTuber remains distinct, showcasing how VTubing facilitates a multifaceted expression of self and creativity.
ref: 2023 September 20, Benoit Palop, “Virtual Personalities, Real Connections: The Impact of Virtual YouTubers”, in Vice, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2023:
text: Obskur, an all-in-one broadcasting application, wants to make VTubing more accessible by letting users create 3D models and interactive environments without technical skills.
ref: 2023 November 13, Morgan Sung, “Obskur’s Character Creator and marketplace streamlines VTubing”, in TechCrunch, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2023:
glosses: The act of creating content as a VTuber.
Struer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in west-central Jutland, Denmark; the municipality includes the island of Venø.
chocolate-chipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chocolate-chippers
Senses: examples: text: Let’s grab some milk and a bunch of those chocolate-chippers Mom just made.
ref: 1995, E. Glenn Wagner, The Awesome Power of Shared Beliefs, World Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 116:
text: Chunky, chewy and chock-full of flavors, and a nice change of pace from the traditional chocolate-chipper.
ref: 2009, Debbie Macomber, Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove Cookbook, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 62:
text: This gift from Mary [Dodd] is a cookie that hits all the notes we love in chocolate-chippers, but it uses a different mix of ingredients to get that range of sweet and salty and almost caramel.
ref: 2021, Dorie Greenspan, Baking with Dorie: Sweet, Salty & Simple, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 158:
glosses: Alternative form of chocolate chipper.
chocolate-chippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chocolate-chipper
se'nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of se'night
Ringkøbing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality, west-central Jutland, Denmark.
absolute primogeniture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: absolute primogenitures
Senses: examples: text: Another well-known custom, common in the northeast, is absolute primogeniture, whereby the eldest child, regardless of sex, becomes the heir.
ref: 2008, Jennifer Robertson, editor, A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 362:
synonyms: equal primogeniture
lineal primogeniture
glosses: A form of primogeniture in which sex is irrelevant for inheritance; the oldest surviving child without regard to sex becomes the heir.
grievance collector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grievance collectors
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of injustice collector.
synonyms: word: injustice collector
Related terms: grievance collecting
grievance collection
grievance collecting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of injustice collecting.
synonyms: word: injustice collecting
Related terms: grievance collection
grievance collector
grievance collection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grievance collections
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of injustice collection.
synonyms: word: injustice collection
Related terms: grievance collecting
grievance collector
Pacific American
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pacific Americans
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Pacific Islander American (“a denizen of the United States of America of Pacific Islander heritage”).
Coordinate terms: AANHPI
AAPI
Derived terms: APA
Asian
Pacific American
Asian Pacific American
Related terms: American
Pacific Islander
Vosnesensk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ukrainian Вознесе́нськ (Voznesénsʹk).
Senses: glosses: A city in Mykolaiv Oblast, in southern Ukraine.
glosses: A raion of Mykolaiv Oblast, in southern Ukraine.
Kurman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Crimean Tatar Qurman.
Senses: glosses: A raion of Crimea, Ukraine.
Kurman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kurmans
Etymology: From Crimean Tatar Qurman.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kerman (“type of Persian carpet”).
Procrustean bed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Procrustean beds
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of procrustean bed.
Procrustean Bed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Procrustean Beds
Senses: examples: text: The reductionist tendencies and impulses of Jaynes's approach tend to turn history into a Procrustean Bed; the body is mangled to fit the theory.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 269:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of procrustean bed.
Procrustean Beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Procrustean Bed
Harmison
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Harmisons
Etymology: Patronymic surname, from a variant of the personal name Armin + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Matott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Matotts
Etymology: Altered form of French Méthot, reflecting the Canadian French and American pronunciation.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Matotts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Matott
Harmisons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Harmison
Henmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Henman
Charlottenburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Charlottenburg.
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough, Berlin, Germany.
Related terms: Charlottenberg
Malburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Malburgs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Malburg.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Malburgs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Malburg
Machis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Machi
Longie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Longies
Etymology: Americanized form of French Langer. It is most common among the Spirit Lake Tribe of the Dakota people.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
wikipedia: Spirit Lake Tribe
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A borough in Berlin, Germany, which includes the named places.
Kasik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kasiks
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Kasík or Kašík.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Kasiks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kasik
Longies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Longie
BLK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BLKs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of B lymphocyte kinase.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of Blk; A gene that encodes for the enzyme B lymphocyte kinase.