cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Earl of Cork
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Earl of Cork
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: The ace of diamonds.
Job's comfort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Reproof instead of consolation.
Related terms: Job's comforter
copuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copus
Jack Sprat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jack Sprats
Etymology: The name of a character in an old poem, who would eat no fat.
Senses: examples: text: John Redford, The Play of Wit & Science
Heard you ever such a counsel of such a Jack sprat?
text: The other van pulled up behind us, its super-skinny driver, a Jack Sprat to the large guy driving our van, grinning widely as he cut the engine.
ref: 2009, Rupert Isaacson, The Horse Boy: A Father's Miraculous Journey to Heal His Son:
glosses: A small or skinny boy or man.
Jack Sprats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jack Sprat
your head
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Compare Chinese 你個頭 /你个头 (nǐ gè tóu), Malay kepala otak kau.
Senses: examples: text: Working after school hours part of 'service'? Your head lah.
text: young father: […] If things work out this time, I tell you, you are going to live like a queen. […]
young mother: […] Queen your head.
ref: 2009, Jean Tay, Boom, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Act I, scene xvii, page 64:
glosses: My foot, my ass (a dismissive response to someone's remark)
Carn Brea Village
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Carn Brea parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6841).
lesser evils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lesser evil
crack hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crack hands
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dab hand (“expert; very skilled person”).
synonyms: word: dab hand
extra: expert; very skilled person
crack hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crack hand
mahogany soaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mahogany soap
Kgn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of kingsman (in the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment).
classical liberalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A retronym to distinguish earlier 19th-century liberalism from social liberalism.
Senses: examples: text: It was during this period of industrialization that the individualistic world view of classical liberalism became the dominant ideology of capitalism.
ref: 1990, E. K. Hunt, Property and Prophets, 6th edition, New York: Harper & Row, →ISBN, →OCLC:
topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: economic liberalism
social liberalism
glosses: A political ideology and a branch of liberalism that advocates civil liberties under the rule of law with an emphasis on economic freedom.
Derived terms: classical liberal
modesty bits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modesty bit
butcher's mourning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Hats off, down there, you in the white hat and crape — you in the butcher's mourning — bonnet him — silence! Yes, says the Brahmin, the ceremony is about to begin; the national games are about to commence.
ref: 1855, William Calcraft, The Groans of the Gallows, page 13:
glosses: A white hat with a black mourning hatband.
above one's huckleberry
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of above one's bend (“beyond one's power or ability”).
synonyms: word: above one's bend
extra: beyond one's power or ability
huckleberry above one's persimmon
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: a huckleberry above one's persimmon
Senses: examples: text: […] still it is a huckleberry above my persimmon to cipher out how it is with six months' schooling only […]
ref: 1837, Davy Crockett, Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas, page 1:
glosses: Something beyond one's power or ability.
Related terms: above one's huckleberry
huckleberry above a persimmon
hollander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hollanders
Senses: examples: text: The first operation (in making paper) is performed by two machines, called the half-hollander and the whole-hollander
ref: 1889, Johannes Rudolf Wagner, William Crookes, Handbook of Chemical Technology:
glosses: Alternative form of Hollander (“Hollander beater, machine for producing paper pulp”).
beau-catchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beau-catcher
Dibert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Diberts
Etymology: Variant of German Deibert, from an old Germanic name Theudobert, composed of *þeudu (“people”) + *berht (“bright, famous”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
unpomatumed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + pomatumed.
Senses: glosses: Not pomatumed.
Devincentis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Devincentises
form: De Vincentis
form: DeVincentis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian De Vincentis.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
hollanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hollander
Devincentises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Devincentis
Diberts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dibert
Dressen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dressens
Etymology: Borrowed from German Dressen.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Dressens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dressen
Dalias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dalia
gets it on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get it on
getting it on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get it on
got it on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of get it on
glosses: past participle of get it on
gotten it on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get it on
Cirone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cirones
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Cirone.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Champas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Champa
Cirones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cirone
shop-bouncer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shop-bouncers
Senses: examples: text: This scheme has had a great run among the shop-bouncers, as has that of taking a boy in with them, when they first go into the shop, who, whilst the same examination of the goods is going on, contrives to put three or four pieces of handkerchiefs into the man's hat, which has been previously laid on the counter for the purpose.
ref: 1833, Thomas Wontner, Old Bailey Experience, page 372:
synonyms: bouncer
glosses: A shoplifter's accomplice who distracts the salesperson.
shop-bouncers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shop-bouncer
Cheely
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cheelys
Etymology: Americanized form of South German Schiele.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Chrostowski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chrostowskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Chrostowski.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Chrostowskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chrostowski
Cheelys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cheely
uncoiffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncoif
uncoiffed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: uncoiffed hair
glosses: Without a coif.
uncoiffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uncoif
uncoifs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uncoif
Hilleary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hillearys
Etymology: Variant of Hillary.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hagemeier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hagemeiers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Hagemeier.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Hagemeiers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hagemeier
Hillearys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hilleary
Homann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Homanns
form: Homan
Etymology: Borrowed from German Homann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Lebon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lebons
form: LeBon
Etymology: Borrowed from French LeBon.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Lebons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lebon
Homanns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Homann
Ulatowskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ulatowski
McEvoy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McEvoys
form: McAvoy
Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhuidhe (“son of the yellow-haired lad”) and Irish Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe, a patronymic originally from fíodhbhadhach (“woodman”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Riojases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Riojas
McEvoys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McEvoy
McAvoys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McAvoy
tongue-and-cheek
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tongue-in-cheek.
tongue-and-cheek
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tongue-in-cheek.
ambipedal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ambi- + pedal.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Able to use both feet with equal ease
cyanomethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: methyl cyanide
diisostearate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diisostearates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound that contains two isostearate groups
classical liberal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The classical liberal tradition that continues to animate much of our political and legal discourses also offers a justification for, and defence of, individual autonomy and its accompanying rights.
ref: 1998, David N. Weisstub, editor, Research on Human Subjects: Ethics, Law and Social Policy, Oxford: Pergamon, →ISBN, →OCLC:
glosses: Of or pertaining to classical liberalism.
epidemize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: epidemizes
form: epidemizing
form: epidemized
form: epidemized
Senses: glosses: To make, or to become epidemic
Related terms: epidemization
epidemization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process, or the result of epidemizing
epizootize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: epizootizes
form: epizootizing
form: epizootized
form: epizootized
Senses: glosses: To make, or to become epizootic
Related terms: epizootization
epizootization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process, or the result of epizootizing
overplacement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overplacements
Etymology: From over- + placement.
Senses: glosses: Placement over or above others.
examples: the overplacement of failing students
glosses: Assignment to a placement requiring greater talent than the person has.
examples: text: The mistake of overplacement has led eager and ambitious entrepreneurs to throw their life savings into ventures that fail. The mistake of underplacement, on the other hand, regularly leads to terrible missed opportunities by those who would have succeeded had they only the courage to try.
ref: 2012, Max H. Bazerman, Don A. Moore, Judgment in Managerial Decision Making, page 27:
glosses: Extreme overconfidence.
statokinesiograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of statokinesiogram
wuffler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wufflers
Senses: glosses: A hay-tedding machine
wumph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wumphs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whump (“thumping sound”).
wyerone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An acetylenic, heterocyclic fatty acid ester methyl (E)-3-[5-[(Z)-hept-4-en-2-ynoyl]furan-2-yl]prop-2-enoate present in some beans
wyomingite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wyomingites
Etymology: From Wyoming + -ite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A brown porphyritic volcanic rock.
xanthoxylon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xanthoxylons
Senses: glosses: A tree of the species Zygophyllum xanthoxylon.
glosses: A tree of the species Nauclea xanthoxylon.
Derived terms: xanthoxyloin
Renat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈnɑːt/
ipa: /ɹəˈnɐːt/
Etymology: From Latin saint's name Renatus, from renatus (“reborn”)
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin.
Related terms: René
Renee
Renée
Xography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛkˈsɒɡɹəfi/
Etymology: From X + -o- + -graphy.
Senses: examples: text: In the system at hand, "Xography", the stereoscopic 3-D method, is adapted to a television type display system.
ref: 1965, Donald Farness Hanson, John C. Schwebel, Lawrence H. Wallman, Report, page 6:
text: This remarkable new system of photography and printing is called Xography. It is the product of 14 years of research […]
ref: 1966, Venture, volume 3, page 148:
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A type of photography that produces images that have a three-dimensional quality
reprompt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reprompts
form: reprompting
form: reprompted
form: reprompted
Etymology: From re- + prompt.
Senses: examples: text: The system reprompts the user at every logon.
glosses: To prompt again.
reprompted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reprompt
reprompts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reprompt
reprompting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reprompt
SSRF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SSRFs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of server-side request forgery.
SSRFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SSRF
embroidery hoop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embroidery hoops
Etymology: embroidery + hoop
Senses: glosses: A circular band used to hold fabric taut while embroidering.
jerry-can
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jerry-cans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jerrycan.
Larache
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Morocco.
City Dulas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The affix City does not mean it is a city, its origin is unclear however.
Senses: glosses: A small village in Llaneilian community, Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH4787).
Synonyms: Dulas
Quercy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: holonyms: Occitania
glosses: A cultural region and former province in modern-day Occitania, France, located in the present department of Lot, the northern half of the department of Tarn-et-Garonne, and a few communities in the departments of Dordogne, Corrèze and Aveyron.
Llaneilian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɬænˈeɪli.æn/
Etymology: From Welsh, llan (“parish, church”) + Eilian, soft mutation of Eilian (“(saint) Eilian”).
Senses: glosses: A village and community in north-east Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH4792).
epistemic regimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epistemic regime
Shakerley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shakerleys
form: Shackley
Etymology: From Old English scēacere (“robber, thief”) (from Proto-West Germanic *skākārī) + lēah (“woodland; clearing”).
Senses: glosses: A suburban area near Tyldesley, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6902).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
epistemic crisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epistemic crises
Senses: glosses: A crisis in which the normal competition between epistemic regimes or components thereof crescendoes to the extent that peoples, nations, or other human groups either lose their sense that they share perceptions of common reality or pretend to lose it for purposes of tactical or strategic feint in a power struggle. In other words a crisis where there is no agreed upon reality.
glosses: Any other crisis of epistemics or epistemology, such as a replication crisis.
epistemic crises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epistemic crisis
anagnost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anagnosts
Etymology: From Latin anagnōstes (“slave trained to read aloud”), from Koine Greek ἀναγνώστης (anagnṓstēs, “reader, slave trained to read”), after Ancient Greek ἀναγιγνώσκειν (anagignṓskein, “to read”).
Senses: examples: text: Coming to the landing, I saw two cataphracts, an anagnost reading prayers, Master Gurloes, and a young woman.
ref: 1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: Someone who reads aloud, especially who reads lessons, passages etc. during a church service.
antidetonant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antidetonants
Senses: glosses: An antiknock or antidetonation substance.
non-fossil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fossil.
Senses: examples: text: Where I do agree with Tim is that we need non-fossil fuel power to be the default for the railways as soon as possible.
ref: 2021 April 7, “Open Access: Free charging points at station car parks”, in RAIL, number 928, page 38:
glosses: Alternative form of nonfossil.
therap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: theraps
form: therapping
form: therapped
form: therapped
Etymology: Back-formation from therapist.
Senses: examples: text: But the real problems of life, the insoluble ones of death and pain, illness, and the irreversibility of time and of old age and the like are all insoluble and cannot be therapped away.
ref: 1962, Abraham Harold Maslow, Summer Notes on Social Psychology of Industry and Management at Non-Linear Systems, Inc., Del Mar, California, page 40:
text: […] the difficult cases which should have gone where they could be therapped or whatever the psychoanalysts do, and don't get there.
ref: 1964, Institute for Juvenile Court Judges and Referees, Proceedings, page 195:
text: Or to put it another way, if I want therapy I'll get therapped by my comrades at home, and if I travel to a conference I want to confer.
ref: 1979, Peace News for Nonviolent Revolution - Issues 2087-2110:
text: When we counsel, when we analyse, when we therap.
ref: 2002, Josephine Klein, Challenges to Practice, foreword:
glosses: To administer therapy.
Curdworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1792).
bordelloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bordello
Alborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
divoted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of divot
divoted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more divoted
form: most divoted
Senses: examples: text: a divoted golf course
text: He took Melissa down on the cigarette-divoted carpeting of Room 23 without even shutting the door.
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
glosses: Marked by divots.
divoting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of divot
retriage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retriages
form: retriaging
form: retriaged
form: retriaged
Etymology: From re- + triage.
Senses: glosses: To triage again.
retriage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retriages
Etymology: From re- + triage.
Senses: glosses: The act of triaging again.
retriaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retriage
retriages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retriage
retriages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retriage
retriaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retriage
Helvetica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: hĕl-vĕʹtĭ-kə
ipa: /hɛlˈvɛ.tɪ.kə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin helvētica (“Swiss”).
Senses: examples: text: The famous double arrow emerged at this time, as did the new Rail Alphabet typeface (basically slightly altered Helvetica) that it still used today for station names and signposts, [...].
ref: 2021 April 7, Christian Wolmar, “Electrification is a given... but comfort matters as well”, in RAIL, number 928, page 46:
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A popular and influential sans-serif typeface.
misinclude
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misincludes
form: misincluding
form: misincluded
form: misincluded
Etymology: From mis- + include.
Senses: examples: text: The elimination of these misincluded units reduced the original 4330 to an effective sample of 3927 ( Table 10-9 ).
ref: 1971, Urban B. Ozanne, Shelby D. Hunt, The Economic Effects of Franchising, page 10-20:
text: I am still only beginning my attempt to map out the relations between these kindred spirits and no doubt will leave out, misinclude, and misrepresent some people in the course of providing my introductory list, but since this paper cannot wait for a year, I will have to present my half-formed reflections.
ref: 1986, Myles Brand, Robert M. Harnish, The Representation of Knowledge and Belief, page 67:
text: Fossombronia foveolata Lindb. was misincluded in Dihoru's list ( 2 );
ref: 2001, Revue Roumaine de Biologie: Série de biologie végétale, page 38:
glosses: To include (something) that should not be included.
misincludes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misinclude
misincluding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misinclude
misincluded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misinclude
misindoctrinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misindoctrinates
form: misindoctrinating
form: misindoctrinated
form: misindoctrinated
Etymology: From mis- + indoctrinate.
Senses: examples: text: True, eventually these officers and men will leave the sea service. However, prior to that time they can and probably will do much harm by way of misinforming and misindoctrinating others—tomorrow's naval leaders are included in this group.
ref: 1960, Naval Institute Proceedings - Volume 86, Issues 7-12, page 106:
text: The following week, I wrote to the Vietnamese military attaché in Washington D.C. suggesting that he intervene with proper authorities to have the French liaison officer removed from the school's faculty for having misindoctrinated the elite of the American officers corps, the majority of whom would be seeing combat in Viet Nam.
ref: 2001, Quang Thi Lâm, The Twenty-five Year Century, page 111:
text: It now rather unmistakably appears that pornocracy is the name that should be given to the Governments of both Great Britain and the United Sates of America in the twentieth century - and before - but the latest century will do for the enlightenment of the misindoctrinated young men and women of today.
ref: 2017, Rosine de Bounevialle, The Candour A.B.C. of Politics, page 87:
glosses: To indoctrinate with an invalid ideology.
misindoctrinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misindoctrinate
misindoctrinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misindoctrinate
misindoctrinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misindoctrinate
strategic competence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An aspect of communicative competence consisting of the ability to organize one's communicated ideas effectively and to compensate for any communication breakdowns.
Poincaré ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Poincaré balls
Senses: glosses: The equivalent of a Poincaré disk in three or more dimensions.
Poincaré balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Poincaré ball
prison state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prison states
Senses: examples: text: Lim Ŭn does not attempt to portray the gigantic prison state that is Kim's North Korea, […]
ref: 1982, Ŭn Lim, The Founding of a Dynasty: An Authentic Biography of Kim Il-sŏng, page 328:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A state that severely restricts the freedom of its citizens.
prison states
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prison state
troll cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: troll cats
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: In Scandinavian folklore, a witch's familiar made from hair, wood shavings, etc. that would suck milk from cows and steal cream from people's homes.
troll cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of troll cat
black Sabbath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black Sabbaths
Senses: glosses: Synonym of witches' Sabbath (“meeting of witches”).
synonyms: word: witches' Sabbath
extra: meeting of witches
black Sabbaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black Sabbath
swarm intelligence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swarm intelligences
Etymology: Introduced by Gerardo Beni and Jing Wang in 1989, in the context of cellular robotic systems.
Senses: synonyms: word: SI
word: hivemind
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: The collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems, whether natural or artificial.
defibrinogenates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defibrinogenate
swarm intelligences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swarm intelligence
Ramses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Ramesses.
Brasilians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brasilian
hidings to nothing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hiding to nothing
break figure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: break figures
Senses: glosses: A prearranged amount of takings beyond which the exhibitor of a film must start paying a higher film rental rate.
break figures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of break figure
break squelch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛltʃ
Forms: form: breaks squelch
form: breaking squelch
form: broke squelch
form: broken squelch
Senses: examples: text: McWilliams and his capsule task force continued with an impressive show. Vehicles moved, different kinds of light flared in the night, radios broke squelch, doors slammed, […]
ref: 1981, Army Trainer, volume 1, number 1, page 37:
text: I acknowledge yes to Craig, and he broke squelch twice. It was my turn to pull point. I moved slowly and quietly down the path toward the company.
ref: 2013, Dan Rodgers, Call Me Sergeant Rock: How a Boy Becomes a Man in Vietnam, page 238:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To end radio silence.
Bridlington principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bridlington principles
Etymology: First drafted in 1939 at a conference in Bridlington, Yorkshire, England.
Senses: qualifier: industrial relations
glosses: Any of a set of rules aimed at resolving conflicts among trade unions.
Bridlington principles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bridlington principle
broad-based
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
antonyms: narrow-based
glosses: Of a tax: applying to most or all taxpayers or transactions, rather than a targeted subset.
examples: text: In the current situation, we can only dream of a broad-based long-term commitment to public transport in the UK.
ref: 2022 December 14, Ben Jones, “Switzerland: a template for Northern Powerhouse Rail?”, in RAIL, number 972, page 29:
glosses: Broadly based, wide-ranging.
Krusec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Slovene Krušec. Compare krušec (“little piece of bread”), hruška (“pear”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Slovene.
bris milah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bris milahs
Senses: examples: ref: 1982, Bris Milah: A Book about the Jewish Ritual of Circumcision:
glosses: Alternative spelling of brit milah.
milah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Romanization of מילה (Hebrew for cut)
Senses: examples: text: Milah is ordained in the Bible
ref: 1892, Yearbook of the Central Conference of American Rabbis page 16
text: The operation consists of three parts: " milah," " peri'ah," and " mezizah."
Milah: The child having been placed upon a pillow resting upon the lap of the godfather or "sandek", ... the mohel exposes the parts by removal of the parts by removal of garments, etc., and instructs the sandek how to hold the child's legs. The mohel then grasps the prepuce between the thumb and index-finger of his left hand, exerting sufficient traction to draw it from the glans, and places the shield in position just before the glans. He now takes the knife and with one sweep excises the foreskin. This completes the first act.
Peri'ah: After the excision has been completed, the mohel seizes the inner lining of the prepuce, which still covers the glans, with the thumb-nail
ref: 1901, Isidore Singer, Cyrus Adler, The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day · Volume 4 page 99:
text: The milah (the cutting off of the end of the upper prepuce) is then performed. In medieval Ashkenazic communities it was customary to place the removed prepuce in a container of sand.
ref: 1980, Abraham P. Bloch, The Biblical and Historical Background of Jewish Customs and Ceremonies, page 12
glosses: The first step in the bris, where the akroposthion is excised (later followed by periah, then posthetomy, then metzitza).
Related terms: bris milah
brit milah
epistemic logic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any of at least two subfields of logic concerned with epistemic principles; thus:
Epistemic modal logic, a subfield of modal logic that is concerned with reasoning about knowledge.
glosses: Any of at least two subfields of logic concerned with epistemic principles; thus:
Dynamic epistemic logic, a logical framework dealing with knowledge and information change.
BowtieArene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bowtiearene.
catathrenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Catathrenia (from the Greek kata, meaning “below”, and threnia, meaning “to lament”)
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Groaning while falling asleep or while sleeping.
isoporic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From isopor + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Concerning isopors, lines of equal annual change in a geomagnetic property.
coboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coboards
form: coboarding
form: coboarded
form: coboarded
Etymology: From co- + board.
Senses: glosses: To board along with another
coboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coboard
coboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coboard
phosphomolybdotungstate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphomolybdotungstates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A heteropolyanion derived from phosphomolybdate and phosphotungstate; any salt containing this anion
yacket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yackets
form: yacketing
form: yacketed
form: yacketed
form: yackedy
Etymology: From yak (“to chatter”) + -et.
Senses: glosses: To chatter
yacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yackedy
Etymology: From yak (“to chatter”) + -et.
Senses: glosses: chatter
Derived terms: yackety-yak
yakdan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yakdans
Senses: glosses: A Persian trunk or portmanteau
yanolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: axinite
yarg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Yarg.
isochimenals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isochimenal
isocheimonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + Ancient Greek χειμών (kheimṓn, “winter”) + -al.
Senses: glosses: isocheimal
years of our Lord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of year of our Lord
Indyref2
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation of second independence referendum.
Senses: glosses: A proposed second referendum on Scottish independence
Related terms: Indyref
glue-stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glue-sticks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of glue stick.
isabnormal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isabnormals
form: isoabnormal
Senses: examples: text: In January, the coldest part of Siberia lies within a −20°C isabnormal; it is 20°C colder than the average temperature along its latitude.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A line connecting places on a map with equal deviation from the average temperature at that latitude.
Related terms: isanomal
isoabnormal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoabnormals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of isabnormal.
isoabnormal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: isanomal
go on the mitch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes on the mitch
form: going on the mitch
form: went on the mitch
form: gone on the mitch
Senses: glosses: to skip school; to play truant
Synonyms: play truant
well-designed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, what the train of the future must do is offer a comfortable and enjoyable experience in well-designed carriages that (for example) have pleasant lighting, have seats that align with windows, and which are comfortable enough so that you can doze off without having to call your oesteopath as soon as you wake up.
ref: 2021 April 7, Christian Wolmar, “Electrification is a given... but comfort matters as well”, in RAIL, number 928, page 47:
glosses: Designed to serve its purpose well, and/or be attractive.
isanomal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isanomals
Etymology: From iso- + anomal.
Senses: examples: text: In general pattern, the isanomal map showing the extent to which Tasmanian stations depart from the world mean of variability for all places with the same average rainfall confirms the map of relative variability.
ref: 1956, Peter Scott, “Variability of annual rainfall in Tasmania”, in Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, volume 90, page 53:
text: The values of gravity acceleration obtained are plotted on Bouguer's isanomal map for geological interpretation.
ref: 1986, Miloš Kužvart, Miloslav Böhmer, Prospecting and Exploration of Mineral Deposits:
topics: climatology
geography
geology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: An isoline joining points with the same degree of anomaly or deviation in some meteorological or geological phenomenon.
examples: text: The usefulness of isanomal maps to climatological study and students of climate is varied and profound. By reducing the control of latitude on temperature to zero, the spatial patterns of thermal influence exhibited by other climatic controls such as altitude, continentality, etc., are more easily identified and analyzed.
ref: 1967, Richard J. Kopec, “Areal patterns of seasonal temperature anomalies in the vicinity of the Great Lakes”, in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, volume 48, number 12:
glosses: An isabnormal.
Related terms: isanomaly
isanomaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isanomalies
Etymology: From iso- + anomaly.
Senses: glosses: An isanomal.
isanomalies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isanomaly
isanomals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isanomal
isoabnormals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoabnormal
isabnormals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isabnormal
Liebler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lieblers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Liebler.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
interchamber
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + chamber.
Senses: glosses: Between chambers
nonconsistent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + consistent.
Senses: glosses: inconsistent
Madani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Madanis
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مدني (madaniyy, “urban, civilized”). This surname is mostly found in Algeria.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Related terms: Wad Madani
peroxidatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or by means of a peroxidase
Madanis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Madani
Lieblers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Liebler
theorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of theorem.
Mihalek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mihaleks
Etymology: Borrowed from Slovak Mihálek.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Slovak.
Nachreiner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nachreiners
Etymology: Borrowed from German Nachreiner.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Nachreiners
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nachreiner
Mihaleks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mihalek
Reifsteck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Reifstecks
Etymology: Borrowed from German Reifsteck, a metonymic occupational surname for a hoop maker or cooper.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Perelman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Perelmans
Etymology: Variant of Perlman.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Yiddish.
examples: Grigori Perelman, b. 1966
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Перельман (Perelʹman).
Perelmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Perelman
Reifstecks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Reifsteck
Steinborn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Steinborns
Etymology: Borrowed from German Steinborn, from Stein (“stone”) + Born (“spring, well”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: Municipality in Germany, located in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Derived terms: Steinborn squat
developer exit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: developer exits
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A hidden exit or shortcut that a video game developer places in a level of a platform game, as an easy way to complete the level for those who know the secret.
developer exits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of developer exit
Sottos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sotto
Steinborns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Steinborn
karyograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karyographs
Etymology: From karyo- + graph.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An image of all the chromosomes of a cell
Somogyis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Somogyi
Siderises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sideris
Sorel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sorels
Etymology: Borrowed from French Sorel, nickname for a person with reddish hair.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
repolymerise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repolymerises
form: repolymerising
form: repolymerised
form: repolymerised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of repolymerize.
repolymerised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of repolymerise
subsp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsps
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of subspecies.
Sorels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sorel
yedda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of straw used to make straw hats
McKillip
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McKillips
form: McCaleb
form: McKellips
form: McKillop
Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhilib (“son of Philip”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
yellowskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellowskins
Senses: glosses: A yellow-skinned individual, often of Southeast Asian or East Asian ethnic origin.
glosses: A lightskinned Afro-Caribbean individual.
last week
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Related terms: word: yesterweek
word: this week
word: next week
sparked up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spark up
Minches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Minch
Hoppeses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hoppes
McKillips
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McKillip
aminooxyacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aminooxy derivative of acetic acid 2-(aminooxy)acetic acid
carbamidomethylcysteine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The S-carbamidomethyl derivative of cysteine S-[[(aminocarbonyl)amino]methyl]-cysteine
carboxymethyldextran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carboxymethyldextrans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A carboxymethyl derivative of dextran, used in chromatography as a stationary phase
Boao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 博鰲／博鳌 (Bó'áo), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).
Senses: examples: text: The city of Boao (博鳌) entered the limelight during the recent Boao Forum for Asia.
Situated on the east coast of China’s Hainan Island, Boao is where the East Asian and Southeast Asian economic zones meet in the heart of the Asia Pacific Rim.
ref: 2002 April 19, Jiang Zhong, “Beautiful Boao Bids for Attention”, in Beijing Today, →OCLC, page 16:
text: Jade Belt Beach, at the mouth of the river, is unusual; it has seawater on one side and freshwater on the other. The old town of Boao, about 5 km (3 mi) away, is quiet but useful for basic shopping. The nearest city, Qionghai, is 16 km (10 mi) away.
ref: 2005, David Allan, editor, China, 4th edition, Fodor's, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 415:
text: “No one should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gain,” Mr. Xi said in a speech at an annual regional business forum in Boao, China.
ref: 2013 April 7, Jane Perlez, Choe Sang-Hun, “China Hints at Limits to North Korea Actions”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2013, Asia Pacific:
text: The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is a non-governmental and non-profit international organization with a fixed conference date and a fixed address. It was founded in Boao, Hainan Province, China, on February 27, 2001.
ref: 2014, Xi Jinping, The Governance of China, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/xijinpingthegovernanceofchinavolume1/page/n132/:
text: Villagers on an electric bike herd their cattle along a road in the town of Boao in Qionghai, Hainan province, China August 11, 2018.
ref: 2021 March 19, Twinnie Siu, “China to crack down on use of leanness enhancers in cattle and sheep”, in Kirsten Donovan, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2021, Currencies:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Bo'ao: A town in Qionghai, Hainan, China.
glycosylinositol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycosylinositols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycosyl derivative of inositol that is a component of sphingolipids
liganding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ligand + -ing.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: binding with a ligand
Bo'ao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: bǔʹouʹ
Forms: form: Boao
form: Po-ao
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 博鰲 /博鳌 (Bó'áo).
Senses: examples: text: On April 16th, a Japanese landing party, covered by warships and aeroplanes, effected a landing at Poao on the eastern coast of Hainan Island in face of the Chinese force and occupied the port.
ref: [1938, Tokyo Gazette, volume 2, →OCLC, page 35:
text: Beimen beach is just north of Bo'ao port, seaward of the village.
ref: 1988, Susana Salas Frazier; John G. Frazier, et al., “Sea Turtles in Fujian and Guangdong Provinces”, in 两栖爬行行动学报 [Acta Herpetologica Sinica], volume 1, Science Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37:
english: Acta Herpetologica Sinica
translation: Acta Herpetologica Sinica
text: And a spectacular international conference center in a resort town called Bo'ao is being promoted as China's answer to Davos, Switzerland, where each January the annual World Economic Forum of business leaders, government officials, activists and intellectuals is held.[…]
Investors have taken notice. Li Ka-shing, the Hong Kong billionaire, is scouting development projects here. And Citic Pacific, a huge Hong Kong conglomerate, plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years to develop residential and commercial property in Bo'ao.
ref: 2005 January 18, David Barboza, “China's Latest Capitalist Beachhead”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2015, Business:
text: Yum China Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “Yum China”) (NYSE: YUMC) today announced that it has reached the milestone of 10,000 stores in its restaurant network across China and overseas. It celebrated at the 10,000th store opening this month in Bo’ao, Hainan province.
ref: 2020 July 29, “Yum China Reaches Milestone of 10,000 Stores”, in AP News; w:PR Newswire, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2025:
text: In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese president Xi Jinping delivers a speech via video link to the opening ceremony of the Bo'ao Forum For Asia in Bo'ao in southern China's Hainan Province, April 21, 2022.
ref: 2022 April 21, “China's Xi says international disputes should be resolved via dialogue, not sanctions”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2022:
glosses: A town in Qionghai, Hainan, China.