cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bromogelatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bromo- + gelatine.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bromogelatin.
bromogelatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bromogelatine
Etymology: From bromo- + gelatin.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A process for preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin.
dry plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dry plate
brasilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brazilin.
brasilein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brazilein.
neoflavanoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neoflavanoids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neoflavonoid.
neoflavanoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neoflavanoid
scranning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scran
scranned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scran
leaky gut syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: alternative-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: A supposed medical condition where an altered or damaged bowel lining or gut wall allows substances such as toxins, microbes, undigested food, or waste to leak through, triggering an immune reaction and leading to other disorders.
watergrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watergrasses
Etymology: From water + grass.
Senses: glosses: Any of various grasses in the genus Echinochloa that are capable of growing in water.
glosses: Bulbostylis barbata, an Australian sedge that grows near water.
watergrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watergrass
weeping tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weeping trees
Senses: glosses: Any tree with pendulous branches, such as a weeping willow.
glosses: A tree from which honeydew or other liquid secretions of insects drip in considerable quantities, especially one infested by the larvae of any species of the genus Ptylus, allied to the cuckoo spits, which in tropical countries secrete large quantities of a watery fluid.
weeping trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weeping tree
combo breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combo breakers
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: In fighting games, a specific move that prevents the opponent from completing a combo.
combo breakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of combo breaker
wheat sawfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheat sawflies
Senses: glosses: A small European sawfly (Cephus pygmeus) whose larvae damage wheat by boring in the stalks.
glosses: Any of several small American sawflies of the genus Dolerus, whose larvae damage the stems or heads of wheat.
glosses: Pachynematus extensicornis, whose larvae feed chiefly on the blades of wheat.
Synonyms: sense: Cephus pygmeus
word: wheat stem fly
sense: Cephus pygmeus
word: wheat stem sawfly
sense: Pachynematus extensicornis
word: grass sawfly
wheat sawflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheat sawfly
skiagraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skiagraphies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sciagraphy.
skiagraphies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skiagraphy
black smoker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: black smokers
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
oceanography
glosses: A kind of hydrothermal vent found on the seabed, emitting clouds of black material.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, smoker.
Coordinate terms: white smoker
black smokers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black smoker
white smoker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white smokers
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
oceanography
glosses: A kind of hydrothermal vent that emits lighter-hued minerals than those of a black smoker, such as those containing barium, calcium and silicon.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, smoker.
white smokers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white smoker
socialism of the chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of German Kathedersozialismus.
Senses: glosses: The policy, advocated by a group of German political economists, of state aid for the betterment of the working classes.
minxy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more minxy
form: most minxy
Etymology: From minx + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She walked with confidence, with a seductive roll and sway of her hips, a toss of her hair. A shoulder was raised, and she glanced back at him over the creamy flesh, mouth open on a minxy smile.
ref: 2004, Erin McCarthy, Smart Mouth, page 105:
glosses: Characteristic of a minx (flirtatious young woman).
sojers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sojer
spider stitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spider stitches
Senses: glosses: A stitch in lace-making, used to fill in open spaces with threads resembling a cobweb.
spider stitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spider stitch
spinthariscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spinthariscope + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the spinthariscope.
split dynamometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: split dynamometers
Senses: glosses: An electric dynamometer having two coils arranged so that one carries the primary current, and the other the secondary current, of a transformer.
split key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: split keys
Senses: examples: text: A split pin is also a split key, because both are used to lock or fasten pieces of machinery together.
ref: 1869, Cameron Knight, The Mechanician and Constructor for Engineers:
text: In a rail-stay, the combination of a bar, with rail-clamping means associated with the bar at each end, a spilt key to hold said means in engagement with the rail flange, and a fixed projection to force the leaves of the split key apart.
ref: 1907, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 1292:
text: I am of the opinion, upon the evidence, that, although provision was made in the bolt for the split key, as a matter of fact no split key had ever been inserted.
ref: 1914, Dominion Law Reports - Volume 14, page 703:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A key split at one end like a split pin, for the same purpose.
examples: text: As with B+-trees, records with keys greater than or equal to the split key go to a new current node, records with keys less than the split key remain in the original node.
ref: 1990, Hector Garcia-Molina, H. V. Jagadish, Proceedings of the 1990 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data., page 353:
text: The region is split into two logical daughter regions. The split is not done physically at this point to make the splitting process fast. The split is maintained as a split key, which is a key in the middle of the key range maintained for the region.
ref: 2014, Jason Venner, Sameer Wadkar, Madhu Siddalingaiah, Pro Apache Hadoop, →ISBN, page 310:
text: Take the key in the parent node that splits the left sibling and the leaf, the split key, and insert it into the leaf.
ref: 2016, Christopher G. Healey, Disk-Based Algorithms for Big Data, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A key value used to identify where to split the children of a parent node in a B-tree or similar data structure.
examples: text: Moreover, even those systems (such as split key systems) that can decrease these risks, do so with a marked increase in cost.
ref: 1997, Cryptography and Privacy Sourcebook, →ISBN, page 15:
text: A toolkit for split key cryptography in and of itself is (almost) a byproduct of developing ultra-high assurance applications such as root certifying authorities.
ref: 2007, Matt Blaze, Financial Cryptography, →ISBN, page 233:
text: Camenisch et al. [CCGS10] define, among other things, split key exchange and give a construction based on the decisional Diffie-Hellman assumption.
ref: 2014, Michel Abdalla, Roberto De Prisco, Security and Cryptography for Networks, →ISBN, page 45:
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cryptographic key that is divided into two or more values that individually cannot be used to deduce the entire key.
split stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: timber sawn into lengths and then split
split stitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: split stitches
Senses: glosses: A form of backstitch in which the needle comes up through the strands of the previous stitch.
Related terms: chain stitch
spoonflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spoonflowers
Etymology: From spoon + flower.
Senses: glosses: A plant, the yautia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).
glosses: A plant, white arrow arum (Peltandra sagittifolia)
spoonflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoonflower
singlefooted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of singlefoot
singlefoots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of singlefoot
singlefooting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of singlefoot
dicky bows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dicky bow
Tears of St. Lawrence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Perseid meteor shower, which typically occurs every year in mid-August, on or near the feast day of St. Lawrence.
Thomas process
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850–1885), English inventor.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of basic process.
synonyms: word: basic process
wikipedia: Sidney Gilchrist Thomas
Related terms: Thomas phosphate
Thomas slag
Hamming distance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hamming distances
Etymology: Named after American mathematician Richard Hamming (1915–1998).
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
information-theory
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Given two strings of equal length, the number of positions at which the corresponding symbols differ; it therefore indicates the minimum number of substitutions required to change one string into the other.
Hamming distances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hamming distance
Hamming
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Hamming code
Hamming distance
Hamming code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hamming codes
Etymology: Named after American mathematician Richard Hamming (1915–1998).
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Any of a family of linear error-correcting codes that generalize the Hamming(7,4)-code invented by Richard Hamming in 1950.
Hamming codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hamming code
Texas League single
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Texas League singles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Texas leaguer.
synonyms: word: Texas leaguer
tracklayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tracklayers
Etymology: From track + layer.
Senses: topics: railways
transport
glosses: A workman whose work involves putting the track in place.
tracklaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From track + laying.
Senses: examples: text: The renewal of track by cranes and special tracklaying machines which lift out entire 60 ft. lengths of old track and lay in pre-assembled 60 ft. lengths of new, allows the process of renewal to proceed at a considerably faster rate than possible by older methods.
ref: 1953 September, “Restoring British Permanent Way to Prewar Standards”, in Railway Magazine, page 587:
text: Bottom ballasting paved the way for the start of tracklaying in March and this £250,000 contract was scheduled for completion in 48 weeks.
ref: 1961 July, K. D. Peel, “Carlisle-Border Freight Centre: 2.- The new automated yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 400:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The work that involves putting the track in place.
tracklayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tracklayer
trammel wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trammel wheels
Senses: glosses: A circular plate or a cross, with two or more cross grooves intersecting at the centre, used on the end of a shaft to transmit motion to another shaft not in line with the first.
trois point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trois points
Etymology: French trois (“three”).
Senses: topics: backgammon
games
glosses: The third point from the outer edge on each player's home table.
gauge cock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gauge cocks
Senses: glosses: A stopcock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler.
turtle pegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turtle peg
Twaddell hydrometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Twaddell hydrometers
Etymology: Inventor's surname.
Senses: glosses: A form of hydrometer for liquids heavier than water, graduated with an arbitrary scale such that the readings when multiplied by .005 and added to unity give the specific gravity.
trunk piston
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trunk pistons
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: In a single-acting engine, an elongated hollow piston, open at the end, in which the end of the connecting rod is pivoted. The piston rod, crosshead and stuffing box are thus dispensed with.
trap shooting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The sport of shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons launched into the air, from a trap.
torchon paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torchon papers
Etymology: French papier torchon.
Senses: glosses: Paper with a rough surface; especially, handmade paper of great hardness for watercolour painting.
Schwier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schwiers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schwier.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Wier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village in Waadhoeke municipality, Friesland province, Netherlands.
Derived terms: Bon Wier
Grandisonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡɹæn.dɪˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌɡɹæn.dəˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Grandisonian
form: most Grandisonian
Etymology: From Grandison + -ian.
Senses: glosses: scrupulously moral and chivalrous, like the fictional Sir Charles Grandison in The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753), an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson.
Aussie salute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒzi səˈl(j)uːt/
ipa: /ˈɒsi-/
ipa: /ˈɔzi səˈlut/
Forms: form: Aussie salutes
Senses: examples: text: [page 46] Even the stuffy diplomats of Canberra, the nation's federal capital, seem to drop their normal besuited reserve to wave what has laughingly become known as the "Aussie salute". But expressing a jovial liking for their fellow men is not what these antipodeans are doing: they are swatting flies. [...] [page 47] Proving that the introduced beetles are affecting bushfly numbers at this early stage is an even more difficult task (the diplomats of Canberra are still waving the Aussie salute).
ref: 1979 April 5, Brian Lee, “Dung Beetles to the Rescue”, in Bernard Dixon, editor, New Scientist, volume 82, number 1149, London: IPC Magazines, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 46 and 47:
text: Together the blowies and the mozzies gave birth to an important piece of Australiana – the Aussie salute.
ref: 1988, Helen Jonsen, Kangaroo’s Comments and Wallaby’s Words: The Aussie Word Book, New York, N.Y.: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 79:
text: The flies are a different proposition. It takes a while to learn the ‘Aussie salute’, waving your hand in front of your face at regular intervals to keep the flies away. It doesn’t matter where they land, as long as you keep them off your face, out of your nose and mouth. No matter how accomplished you become at the Aussie salute, you have not really made it until you have swallowed an Aussie bush fly.
ref: 2005, John Williams, “Chairman Mao off the Bow”, in The Fortunate Life of a Vindicatrix Boy, [Scotts Valley, Calif.]: Published by John Williams; produced by the Booksurge Group, →ISBN, page 44:
text: People may casually admire a Ulysses butterfly (and even pay to see living native butterflies as exhibits in Butterfly Houses), be fascinated by large termite mounds or trails of foraging ants, buy dragonfly larvae for fishing bait, counter bushflies with the ‘Aussie salute’, swat mosquitoes, and fear encounters with bull ants.
ref: 2011, Tim R. New, “Insects and People in Australia”, in ‘In Considerable Variety’: Introducing the Diversity of Australia’s Insects, Dordrecht; Heidelberg: Springer Science+Business Media, →DOI, →ISBN, page 177:
text: There are a lot of flies in the warmer months and it's not uncommon for tourists to wear hats with face nets to avoid them. Be prepared to do a lot of "Aussie salutes" during the day.
ref: 2018 March 9, Craig Platt, “Uluru: 20 things that will surprise first-time visitors”, in Stuff.co.nz, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2018:
synonyms: Barcoo salute
bush salute
glosses: The act of waving a hand in front of the face to flick away flies (particularly bush flies, Musca vetustissima).
unmanipulable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmanipulable
form: most unmanipulable
Etymology: From un- + manipulable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be manipulated.
Cristoforian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cristoforian
form: most Cristoforian
Etymology: From Cristofori + -an.
Senses: examples: text: In defiance of Cristoforian tradition, the bass end of the bridge terminates in the typical Italian short mitered section and the bass strings are hitched on the soundboard.
ref: 1999, Early Keyboard Journal, volumes 16-17, page 44:
glosses: Of or relating to Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655–1731), Italian maker of musical instruments, generally regarded as the inventor of the piano.
back-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more back-handed
form: most back-handed
Senses: examples: text: He had knocked me to the ground with one back-handed punch.
ref: 2005, Thomas Brent Andrews, The Pot Plan: Louie B. Stumblin and the War on Drugs, →ISBN, page 141:
text: For the back-handed stroke, the grip is changed.
ref: 2014, The Sportswoman's Library, Volume 2:
text: Axl took this as a back-handed compliment and was momentarily placated.
ref: 2008, Mick Wall, W.A.R.: The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose, →ISBN, page 121:
text: She did not write about South Africa, except in a back-handed way
ref: 1996, Huma Ibrahim, Bessie Head: Subversive Identities in Exile, →ISBN, page 200:
text: Spiral notebooks with wire binders are also a pain in the a** (arm) because the wire coils are always on the left, so consequently left-handed people have to write with their hand resting on the wire, or in some exaggerated, contorted back-handed position.
ref: 2014, Herb Williams, Only the Faces Change (A High School Odyssey), →ISBN, page 135:
text: A good bargain was considered equitable and fair; a back-handed cheat was beyond par.
ref: 2010, Lauren Reaville, Barefoot Through the Stubble, →ISBN, page 254:
glosses: Alternative form of backhanded.
Derived terms: back-handedly
back-handedness
back-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of back-hand
back-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more back-handed
form: most back-handed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backhanded.
back-hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbækhænd/
Forms: form: back-hands
Etymology: From back + hand.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backhand.
back-hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbækhænd/
Forms: form: back-hands
form: back-handing
form: back-handed
form: back-handed
Etymology: From back + hand.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backhand.
back-hand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbækhænd/
Forms: form: more back-hand
form: most back-hand
Etymology: From back + hand.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backhand.
pedophilic disorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The behavioral expression of pedophilic disorder often involves nonconsenting victims, since prepubescent children cannot legally give consent to sexual activity. However, the diagnostic criteria for pedophilic disorder have retained their DSM-IV-TR wording and thus differ from the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for the other paraphilic disorders involving nonconsenting victims.
ref: 2014 June, Michael B. First, “DSM-5 and paraphilic disorders”, in The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, volume 42, number 2, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, →ISSN, →PMID:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: An American Psychiatric Association clinical diagnostic classification of pedophilia, APA defines it as intense sexual fantasies about and attraction to prepubescent children by a person of 16 years or older for a period of 6 months or more.
Synonyms: topics: psychiatry
medicine
psychology
human-sciences
sciences
english: an outmoded clinical diagnostic classification; American Psychiatric Association
translation: an outmoded clinical diagnostic classification; American Psychiatric Association
word: pedophilia
topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
psychiatry
medicine
psychology
human-sciences
sciences
english: a clinical diagnostic classification; World Health Organization
translation: a clinical diagnostic classification; World Health Organization
word: pedophilia
Hypernyms: topics: psychiatry
medicine
psychology
human-sciences
sciences
english: a clinical diagnostic classification; American Psychiatric Association
translation: a clinical diagnostic classification; American Psychiatric Association
word: paraphilic disorder
Philodemician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Philodemicians
Etymology: Ancient Greek
* philo- + demo- + -ian, i.e. one who has a love for the people.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Philodemic Society of Georgetown University
Related terms: philodemic
Philodemicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Philodemician
baresthesiometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baresthesiometers
Senses: glosses: An instrument for determining the delicacy of the sense of pressure.
baraesthesiometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baraesthesiometers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baresthesiometer.
baresthesiometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baresthesiometer
baraesthesiometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baraesthesiometer
ACG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The idea behind “bullet screens” originated in Japan, where they were first popularized by a Japanese ACG (animation, comics, games) video portal called Nicodou, which later became the inspiration for similar Chinese ACG video sites such as Bilibili.
ref: 2014 August 20, Amy Qin, “Theaters in China Screen Movies, and Viewers' Text Messages”, in New York Times Sinosphere Blog:
text: The four girls are dressed up as different types of manga characters and spend more time exploring the ACG world than the human world.
ref: 2019, Hui Faye Xiao, Youth Economy, Crisis, and Reinvention in Twenty-First-Century China, Routledge, →ISBN:
qualifier: Greater China
glosses: Initialism of anime, comics and games: a Chinese subculture that revolves around anime, manga, and Japanese video games.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of angle closure glaucoma.
Related terms: english: anime, comics, games, and novels
translation: anime, comics, games, and novels
word: ACGN
word: JK
ACG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Underwurlde is definitely Ultimate’s best game yet. It has super sound and graphics, as you would expect from ACG […]
ref: 1984, Underwurlde (game review) in Crash (issue 12)
text: Chris and Tim Stamper set up a game company called Ashby Computer Graphics (ACG) and began publishing games for the Sinclair Spectrum, a tiny computer that sold very well in Europe but never caught on in the United States.
ref: 2010, Steven Kent, The Ultimate History of Video Games:
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Ashby Computers & Graphics: a British video game developer.
earth-tilth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪlθ
Etymology: From Middle English erthe-tilthe, equivalent to earth + tilth.
Senses: examples: text: Dumb-founded Nature You will crown the chorale of our hearts The day you rise - Who give us weight, earth-tilth And tincture - God will fill the opening Of your eyes.
ref: 1994, Paul Matthews, With My Heart in My Mouth:
text: "That was my mother's father," Grandfather Crey had said. "And he used to say 'feather-heeled' when he meant agile. A horse's fetlock was his 'foot-lock,' and we fanners did not engage in farming, young Joze, we engaged in 'earth-tilth.'
ref: 2000, Nancy Varian Berberick, A Child of Elvish - Page 101:
glosses: Cultivation of the ground; farming; agriculture.
Bertillon system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Alphonse Bertillon, French anthropologist.
Senses: glosses: A system for identifying people by a physical description based upon anthropometric measurements, notes of markings, deformities, skin colour, impression of thumb lines, etc.
bheestie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bheesties
form: bheestee
form: bheesty
form: bhistee
form: bhisti
form: bhistie
form: bihishti
Etymology: From Hindustani भिश्ती (bhiśtī) / بہشتی (bhiśtī, “heavenly”), from Persian بهشت (behešt, “heaven”).
Senses: glosses: A water carrier, as to a household or a regiment.
bheesties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bheestie
glosses: plural of bheesty
ear-reach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ear + reach.
Senses: glosses: hearing distance; earshot.
bheesty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bheesties
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bheestie.
bhistee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhistees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bheestie.
bhishti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhishtis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bheestie.
bhistees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bhistee
bhishtis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bhishti
Bonnaz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Said to be the surname of the French inventor of the machine.
Senses: glosses: A kind of embroidery made with a complicated sewing machine, done either in freehand or by following a perforated design.
earth-drake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earth-drakes
form: earthdrake
form: earth drake
Etymology: From Middle English *erthedrake, from Old English eorþdraca, equivalent to earth + drake (“dragon”).
Senses: topics: fantasy
qualifier: Anglo-Saxon mythology
glosses: Alternative form of earthdrake.
bromide paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bromide papers
form: bromid paper
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with silver bromide, used in contact printing and in enlarging.
bromids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bromid
bromide papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bromide paper
block printing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A method of printing cotton cloth and paperhangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with colouring matter.
examples: text: This invention seems never to have been developed to any practical application in superseding block-printing.
ref: 1883, Samuel Wells Williams, The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Education, Social Life, Arts, Religion, &c., of the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants:
glosses: Synonym of woodblock printing.
synonyms: word: woodblock printing
unshushable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + shush + -able.
Senses: glosses: Refusing to be quiet, impossible to shush.
Hoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Vietnamese Hoa, from Chinese 華 /华.
Senses: glosses: A minority ethnic group of Vietnam, regarded as Chinese.
N' Orlins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: N'Orlins
form: Norlins
Senses: examples: text: And it's rainin' in N' Orlins, and what does he do but make a tin-to-wan killin' […]
ref: 1918, Rupert Hughes, Long Ever Ago, page 238:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of New Orleans, representing Louisiana English.
N'Orlins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: N'orlins
form: N' Orlins
form: Norlins
Senses: examples: text: “Well,” drawled Balou, “We're jist a coup'la gents passin' through, thinkin' we'd find a boat 'n work our way down ta N'Orlins.”
ref: 2010, Nick Wright, Barnes, page 89:
text: On tha River, St. Louie, Memphis, N'Orlins, Natchez.
ref: 2014, Nick Wright, Let Them Wait, page 161:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of New Orleans, representing Louisiana English.
N'orlins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: "They're the best in N'orlins." Nick shook his head and watched the man break another crawfish in half.
ref: 2002, Les Justus, Pam Lewis, The Hydra Conspiracy, page 249:
text: Moved off to N'orlins after she got married to some guy she met in college.
ref: 2011, Virginia Brown, Dark River Road, page 345:
text: When we start makin' money in this place, an' clearin' more land, there's gonna be a lot of us gonna go down to N'orlins an' Baton Rouge an' buy us up some.
ref: 2014, Vanessa Royall, Firebrand's Woman:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of N'Orlins.
Norlins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: N'Orlins
form: N' Orlins
Senses: examples: text: “Norlins? I'm telling you, there's only one way you gonna get to Norlins now, and that's by cab.”
ref: 2011, Jonathan Raban, Old Glory: A Voyage Down the Mississippi:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of New Orleans, representing Louisiana English.
Norlins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Norlin
Boucherize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Boucherizes
form: Boucherizing
form: Boucherized
form: Boucherized
Etymology: After Dr. Auguste Boucherie, a French chemist, who invented the process, + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To impregnate (timber, railroad ties, etc.) with a preservative solution of copper sulphate.
Related terms: kyanize
Boucherized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Boucherize
Boucherizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Boucherize
Boucherizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Boucherize
Busk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Creek puskita, pusketv (“a fast”).
Senses: glosses: A feast of first fruits among the Creek tribe of Native Americans, celebrated when the corn is ripe enough to be eaten.
Busk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Busks
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish and Swedish Busk; alternatively, it could be an English topographic surname for someone who lived by a bush, from Old Norse buskr (“bush”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Busk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ukrainian Буськ (Busʹk).
Senses: glosses: A city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
busheling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bushel
busheling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bushelings
Senses: glosses: Scraps of steel left over from manufacturing processes.
busheled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bushel
bushelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bushel
bushelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bushel
bushelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bushellings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of busheling.
Ghentian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ghentian
form: most Ghentian
Etymology: From Ghent + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Henry of Ghent (c. 1217–1293), scholastic philosopher.
bonaci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌboʊ.nəˈsi/
Forms: form: bonacis
Etymology: Said to be from Spanish bonasí.
Senses: glosses: A large grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) of Florida and the Caribbean. Grey, with an oblong, laterally compressed body, it is a food fish.
glosses: Any of several other groupers.
Synonyms: sense: Mycteroperca bonaci
word: aguaji
sense: Mycteroperca bonaci
word: black grouper
sense: Mycteroperca bonaci
word: black rockfish
sense: Mycteroperca bonaci
word: marbled rockfish
bonacis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bonaci
overextrapolation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overextrapolations
Etymology: From over- + extrapolation.
Senses: glosses: excessive extrapolation, as when drawing conclusions from data
overextrapolations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overextrapolation
smutfic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smutfics
Etymology: From smut + fic.
Senses: examples: text: I sat down today and began to compose my first proper smutfic. I had Mulder & Scully in their office, built up the tension, heated the dialogue and even got as far as a fervent undressing and naked clench on his desk.
ref: 1999 February 25, Feyd Ruatha [username], “I tried to smut, I really, really did”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative.mature (Usenet):
text: I haven't really ventured outside Philedom, but I did check out a male written "smutfic" once because I was curious how guys would write "smut." I was disappointed. No insights into the male psyche there. ;)
ref: 2000 July 20, Bast Black, “Re: Writers and Readers of "fic"”, in alt.fan.david-duchovny (Usenet):
text: A lot of the smutfics I've read lately (not on this list) are rushed, ill-conceived, or boring/uninspiring to read. They're such chores to read and a smutfic should *never* be a chore.
ref: 2002 May 23, Lika, “Re: Heatwave, by RPcrazy (2/2)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: An explicit erotic fanfic which focuses on sexual activity with little consideration of context or plot.
examples: text: So, don't fret. There is always subtext to be found if you believe there is.And, if you get tired of just imagining it, read some smutfic. I bet you'll find some tasty pairings there.
ref: 1998 January 15, BabylonC [username], “Re: [OT] B:tVS & subtext”, in alt.tv.xena-subtext (Usenet):
text: Oh, thanks. Now I have to go take a cold shower. Or at least write some Xander smutfic.
ref: 1999 August 23, Shadowy Moon [username], “Re: If there's one thing you'd change about the Buffy show,what would it be?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):
text: Yes, when it is NC-17 smutfic involving Mulder and Scully... and practically every other member of the cast.
ref: 2002 February 5, Aubrey, “Re: there aren't enough posts poll”, in alt.music.placebo (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Such fan fiction collectively.
Synonyms: lemon
PWP
smutfics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smutfic
back-hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back-hand
back-hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of back-hand
back-handing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of back-hand
back-handedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From back-handed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backhandedness.
back-handedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more back-handedly
form: most back-handedly
Etymology: From back-handed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backhandedly.
rigorisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rigorism
court jesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of court jester
Philedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From X-Phile + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: I have too many friends in Philedom. It's going to be very interesting to see how we survive the 8th season and still keep our Internet communities in tact.^([sic])
ref: 2000 October 5, Bast Black, “The X-File season 8 promo from the gut.”, in alt.fan.david-duchovny (Usenet):
text: He only said that the changes made in those seasons divided Philedom in an unprecendented^([sic]) fashion, and that the ratings dropped drastically.
ref: 2002 June 17, Anna, “Re: XF Worst Survivor Round 6”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: It could have been the only episode that *all* factions of Philedom might dislike.
ref: 2002 October 20, W. Blaine Dowler, “Re: OOPS! Make that 9 seasons!”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The fandom of the science fiction television series The X-Files.
examples: text: This is so psychotic, I have to salute you! I aspire to the same level of Philedom but I'm not quite there yet...
ref: 1998 September 30, c.morgan, “Re: My Scully Fish”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: (My mother -- my Philedom evidentally^([sic]) rubbing off on her-- with no prompting returned home and told my father, "We prayed for Mulder this morning.")
ref: 1998 December 31, Carrie-Anne DeDeo, “Re: Faith and Belief (WAS: Another way M&S need each other)”, in alt.tv.x-files.analysis (Usenet):
text: The first half of Season 4 was nearly fatal to my Philedom.
ref: 2000 January 29, Cassandra, “Re: Fathers and Daughters, Signs & Wonders”, in alt.tv.x-files.analysis (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The state or quality of being an X-Phile.
Ly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Lý. Doublet of Lee.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Vietnamese.
Cao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 曹 (Cáo).
Senses: glosses: A state of ancient China during the Zhou dynasty.
glosses: A county in Heze Prefecture, Shandong, China.
glosses: A surname.
bare-handedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barehandedly.
bare-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bare-handed
form: most bare-handed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barehanded.
Derived terms: bare-handedness
bare-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bare-handed
form: most bare-handed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barehanded.
sweet alyssum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweet alyssums
Senses: examples: text: The smell of wall-flower and sweet alyssum rose from the garden, and the inexpressible freshness of the daffodils.
ref: 1944, Emily Carr, “A Visitor”, in The House of All Sorts:
synonyms: sweet alison
glosses: A low-growing flowering annual (Lobularia maritima).
sweet alyssums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweet alyssum
bare-handedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bare-handed + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Since men are old offenders in the matter of bare-handedness let us put forth our best efforts in May to keep them gloved as far into the Summer season as possible.
ref: 1929, The Glovers Review - Volume 29, page xiv:
glosses: Alternative form of barehandedness.
barehandedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bare-handedness
Etymology: From barehanded + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: His barehandedness was not unusual. Unlike position players, pitchers had in general been slow to seek the protection of a glove.
ref: 2003, Reed Browning, Cy Young: A Baseball Life, →ISBN, page 63:
glosses: The state of being barehanded; lacking hand coverings or tools.
bloody-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bloody-handed
form: most bloody-handed
form: bloodyhanded
Etymology: From bloody + handed.
Senses: examples: text: Secondly there would have been blood transferred to Dr. Sheppard's hand and fingers by the bloody-handed killer as he removed Dr. Sheppard's wristwatch and ring.
ref: 2000, Keith Inman, Norah Rudin, Principles and Practice of Criminalistics: The Profession of Forensic Science, →ISBN, page 186:
glosses: Having hands that have blood on them.
examples: text: Here, student, some man or woman kills living beings and is murderous, bloody-handed, given to blows and violence, merciless to living beings.
ref: 2008, Dennis Candy, Peace in the Buddha's Discourses: A Compilation and Discussion, →ISBN, page 18:
text: Then taking Congè of that virgin pure, The bloody-handed babe unto her truth Did earnestly committ, and her conjure, In vertuous lore to traine his tender youth, And all that gentle noriture ensueth
ref: 1758, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene (Canto 3):
glosses: Murderous, guilty of or prone to violence or atrocities.
Derived terms: bloody-handedly
bloody-handedness
bloodyhanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bloodyhanded
form: most bloodyhanded
Senses: examples: text: Though not as demonstrably bloodyhanded as Idi Amin, Eyadema's repressive rule has aroused condemnation from international human rights groups.
ref: 1980, United States. Dept. of State. Bureau of African Affairs, AF Press Clips:
glosses: Alternative form of bloody-handed.
Derived terms: bloodyhandedly
bloodyhandedness
bloody-handedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloodyhandedness
Etymology: From bloody-handed + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Japanese military was manifest in the bloody-handedness with which it crushed the movement.
ref: 1984, Ramon Hawley Myers, Mark R. Peattie, The Japanese Colonial Empire, 1895-1945, →ISBN, page 106:
glosses: The state or quality of being bloody-handed.
bloodyhandedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bloodyhanded + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes what my father called bloodyhandedness is a virtue.
ref: 2012, Chris Bunch, The Demon King: Book Two of the Seer King Trilogy, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of bloody-handedness.
bloody-handedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bloody-handedly
form: most bloody-handedly
form: bloodyhandedly
Etymology: From bloody-handed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a bloody-handed manner.
bloodyhandedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bloodyhandedly
form: most bloodyhandedly
Etymology: From bloodyhanded + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bloody-handedly.
musk roses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musk rose
apothecary rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apothecary roses
Senses: glosses: A plant of an ancient cultivated variety of gallica rose, Rosa gallica var. officinalis
glosses: The flower of such a plant
apothecary roses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apothecary rose
masl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: m.a.s.l.
form: MASL
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of meters above sea level (“elevation”).
Related terms: fasl
centifolia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centifolias
Senses: glosses: A plant of the cabbage rose, Rosa × centifolia, a fragrant species of rose having large numbers of petals.
glosses: The flower of such a plant
centifolias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centifolia
cabbage rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabbage roses
Senses: synonyms: May rose
Provence rose
glosses: A plant of a hybrid rose species with large numbers of petals, Rosa × centifolia.
glosses: The fragrant flower of such a plant.
cabbage roses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabbage rose
moss rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moss roses
Senses: glosses: A rose plant having mossy growths on its sepals due to a genetic mutation first seen in centifolia roses.
glosses: The flower of such a rose.
glosses: A low-growing plant grown for its flowers, of species Portulaca grandiflora.
moss roses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moss rose
tea rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea roses
Senses: glosses: A plant of a Chinese rose species with tea-scented flowers, Rosa odorata.
glosses: A flower from such a plant.
glosses: A plant of one of the classes of hybrid roses developed from Rosa odorata, usually including crosses with the repeat-blooming China rose, Rosa chinensis in their ancestry.
glosses: A flower from such a plant.
tea roses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tea rose
China rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: China roses
Senses: glosses: A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.
glosses: A plant or flower of one of the class of hybrids developed from Rosa chinensis.
glosses: Synonym of elderflower rose, Rosa cymosa.
synonyms: word: elderflower rose
word: Rosa cymosa
glosses: Synonym of Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis.
synonyms: word: Chinese hibiscus
word: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Synonyms: sense: Rosa chinensis
word: Chinese rose
sense: Rosa chinensis
word: Bengal rose
sense: Rosa chinensis
word: china
China roses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of China rose
uninervate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + nervate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a single nervure
dubwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dubwise
form: most dubwise
Etymology: From Jamaican English; dub (“music with the bass instrumental parts emphasized”) + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: It was the most tangible link between the instrumental style we discussed a few pages ago and the truly dubwise occurrences of a year or two later.
ref: 2001, Lloyd Bradley, This is Reggae Music: The Story of Jamaica's Music, Grove/Atlantic, →ISBN:
text: Potentially more satisfying is a Japan-only CD, reportedly more dubwise in approach and mimicking the massive reverb envelope utilised on "Beat Bop".
ref: 2004, C. Parker, The Wire, numbers 239-244, page 33:
text: DIP's version of 'Hurt So Good' had a different mix than the Jamaican original, with its version side, 'Loving Is Good,' sounding more dubwise with extra Perry percussion
ref: 2009, David Katz, People Funny Boy - The Genius Of Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Omnibus Press, →ISBN, page 196:
glosses: Having a strong drum-led bassline.
unigene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unigenes
Etymology: From uni- + gene.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cluster of genes that perform a particular function
Gia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gias
Etymology: * (name from Italian): Italian Gia
* (name from Greek): Clipping of Georgia.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
A female given name from Italian.
glosses: A female given name.
A diminutive of the female given name Georgia, from Ancient Greek.