cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
punctualize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: punctualizes
form: punctualizing
form: punctualized
form: punctualized
form: punctualise
Etymology: From punctual + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: One of the complaints sometimes made concerning phenomenology is that it seems to substantialize the self, that it makes the ego into a kind of fixed point that escapes its own history […] But phenomenology does not punctualize the self […]
ref: 2000, Robert Sokolowski, Introduction to Phenomenology, →ISBN, page 127:
text: Certainly, some networks are easier to punctualize than others. They are network packages, routines, taken for granted.
ref: 2006, Magdalena Nowicka, Transnational Professionals and Their Cosmopolitan Universes, →ISBN, page 181:
text: MSNBC.com in 2010 was a quintessentially postmodern organization […] We can speak of its needs, its managerial decisions, and the systems it builds—we can punctualize it, to use the ANT term […] but in doing so, we must ourselves be reflexive about the fact that we are ultimately employing a construction.
ref: 2015, Joshua A. Braun, This Program Is Brought to You By…: Distributing Television News Online, →ISBN, page 169:
text: The black box metaphor in actor-network theory was never meant to be used to describe a stable state of affairs, but to highlight the human and social tendency to punctualize networks of relations in black boxes.
ref: 2021, Francis Lee, “Enacting the Pandemic: Analyzing Agency, Opacity, and Power in Algorithmic Assemblages”, in Science & Technology Studies, volume 34, number 1, →DOI, page 88, note 9:
glosses: To render as, or turn into, a point; (specifically, sociology) to consider a conceptual or social network as a single point-like entity or “black box”.
examples: text: Among indices of the first type, we find not only adverbs like hier ‘yesterday’, but also a variety of other expressions that serve to punctualize or indicate a specific time.
ref: 1980, Gillian Sankoff, The Social Life of Language, →ISBN, page 318:
text: Their distribution is complementary insofar as preverbs mark the punctuality of accomplishments (and some achievements), whereas the doni suffix punctualizes activities and states.
ref: 1981, Dee Ann Holisky, “Aspect Theory and Georgian Aspect”, in Phillip Tedeschi, Annie Zaenen, editors, Tense and Aspect, →ISBN:
text: The ability to punctualize an act is therefore highly conducive to keeping verbs outside the aspectual system […]
ref: 1997, Neil Bermel, Context and the Lexicon in the Development of Russian Aspect, →ISBN, page 402:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To express an action as happening at a specific moment.
Derived terms: punctualization
punctualizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of punctualize
punctualizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of punctualize
punctualized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of punctualize
Berte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bertes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Viscusos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Viscuso
Besler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beslers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Besler.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bensch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bensches
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bensch.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bensches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bensch
Beslers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Besler
Glamorgan-Spring Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area in eastern Tasmania, Australia, formed from the old municipalities of Glamorgan and Spring Bay; in full, Glamorgan-Spring Bay Council.
Bensing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bensings
Etymology: Variant of Benzing.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Blethen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Blethens
Etymology: From the Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Blethyn.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Welsh.
Blethens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Blethen
Bensings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bensing
in the hope that
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: With the desire that.
Related terms: in the hope of
Asebedo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Asebedos
Etymology: Variant spelling of Acebedo.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Asises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Asis
Asebedos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Asebedo
McClancy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McClancys
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhlannchaidh (“son of Flannchadh”), a personal name which is derived from flann (“red”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Dellbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dellbridges
Etymology: Variant of Delbridge.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dellbridges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dellbridge
McClancys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McClancy
Delbridges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Delbridge
Peshori
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Peshori
form: most Peshori
Etymology: From Punjabi پِشَوری (piśaurī); which means "of Peshawar" from Peshawar, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Peshawar.
Peshori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peshoris
Etymology: From Punjabi پِشَوری (piśaurī); which means "of Peshawar" from Peshawar, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Senses: synonyms: Peshawari
glosses: A person from Peshawar.
synonyms: Hindkowan
glosses: A speaker of Hindko language.
Jarny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune of Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France.
Hazarewal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: Hazarywal
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or descended from the people or culture of Hazara, Pakistan.
Spring Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former municipality in Tasmania, Australia, merged into Glamorgan-Spring Bay.
glosses: A community in Central Manitoulin, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of McKillop No. 220, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A village and township in Woodford County, Illinois, United States.
Derived terms: Glamorgan-Spring Bay
Hazara Pakistan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A region in the cis-Indus area of Northern Pakistan.
Related terms: Hazara Division
punctualise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: punctualises
form: punctualising
form: punctualised
form: punctualised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of punctualize.
punctualises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of punctualise
punctualising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of punctualise
punctualised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of punctualise
elasticity coefficients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elasticity coefficient
void coefficient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: void coefficients
Senses: examples: text: Because the Chernobyl reactor had a large positive void coefficient, the reaction accelerated rapidly once the coolant water started to boil.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: A coefficient quantifying how the reactivity of a nuclear reactor changes due to the formation of bubbles in the reactor's coolant.
void coefficients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of void coefficient
Beringland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bering + -land.
Senses: examples: text: He suggests, in fact, that thousands of years ago some of the shamanic practices of hunting societies spread from the Eurasian continent south through Africa and, to the east, across Beringland and down through the Americas.
ref: 2013, Richard W. Coan, Human Consciousness and Its Evolution: A Multidimensional View:
glosses: Synonym of Beringia.
synonyms: word: Beringia
undersweep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undersweeps
Senses: glosses: A dance move where one leg is swept horizontally under the other.
glosses: An insufficient return eye movement during reading.
undersweeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undersweep
Sclavia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French esclave (“slave”) + -ia. From Slave Craton, from English Slavey, from Slave, from French Esclave, calque from Cree word for slave, the Cree exonym for the Slavey people, an Athabaskan aboriginal people who live in the region of the craton, particularly around the Great Slave Lake, itself also named for the Slavey. For more, see French esclave, English slave.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A former continent on Earth. A proposed ancient continent that would later merge together with the continents of Vaalbara and Superia to form the supercontinent Kenorland. It is observable as a former supercraton composed of the cratons of Slave, Wyoming, Dharwar, Zimbabwe
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of Slave Craton, a sub-craton forming part of the Canadian Shield, the continental core of North America
synonyms: word: Slave Craton
extra: a sub-craton forming part of the Canadian Shield, the continental core of North America
Synonyms: word: Sclavia Craton
sense: former continent
word: Sclavia Continent
sense: former continent
word: Sclavia Supercraton
sense: Slave Craton
word: Slave
sense: Slave Craton
word: Slave Craton
sense: Slave Craton
word: Slavia
sense: Slave Craton
word: Slavia Craton
Central Manitoulin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada.
superradical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: With mastectomy relating to the additional removal of mammary, supraclavicular and mediastinal nodes.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Normally hereditary and the composition of subgroups is also a member. (applicable to a formation of finite groups)
oven dish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oven dishes
Senses: glosses: a large metal or ceramic pan, often with a lid, used for roasting or casseroling in an oven
galactographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Using galactography.
Superia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From superior + -ia. From Superior (“Lake Superior”), from French Supérieur (“lac Supérieur”), from supérieur (“above, higher”), from Latin superior. From being a craton-block in the region of Lake Superior in North America. Analyzable as super- + -ia.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A former continent in Earth. A proposed ancient continent that would later merge together with the continents of Vaalbara and Sclavia to form the supercontinent Kenorland.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of Superior Craton, a sub-craton forming part of the Canadian Shield, the continental core of North America
synonyms: word: Superior Craton
extra: a sub-craton forming part of the Canadian Shield, the continental core of North America
Synonyms: word: Superia Craton
word: Superior
word: Superior Craton
sense: former continent
word: Superia Continent
sense: former continent
word: Superia Supercraton
sense: former continent
word: Superior Continent
sense: former continent
word: Superior Supercraton
Related terms: Lake Superior
super
superior
Superior
joke thief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joke thieves
Etymology: From joke + thief.
Senses: glosses: A comic who steals another comedian's material.
Related terms: joke theft
joke thieves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joke thief
tawnys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tawny
joke theft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From joke + theft.
Senses: glosses: The appropriation of a comedian's material passed off as one's own.
Related terms: joke thief
marching music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a musical form, usually with a well defined beat, originally for synchronising soldiers on a march.
march music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A musical form with a powerful regular beat originally designed to assist soldiers marching in unison.
midbreakfast
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + breakfast.
Senses: glosses: During breakfast.
orphan source
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orphan sources
Senses: glosses: A self-contained radioactive source that is no longer under regulatory control, for example because it has been abandoned or misplaced.
orphan sources
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orphan source
befoozle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: befoozles
form: befoozling
form: befoozled
form: befoozled
Senses: glosses: To befool.
befoozled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of befoozle
befoozles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of befoozle
befoozling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of befoozle
Löffler's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Wilhelm Löffler, who drew attention to the disease in 1932.
Senses: glosses: A disease caused by accumulation of eosinophils in the lung in response to a parasitic infection.
PKKP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura, certain Aboriginal Australian peoples.
prehydrolysed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of prehydrolyzed.
BRNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BRN
tricoats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tricoat
mastodonsaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mastodonsaur
Ranjana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An abugida writing system that developed in the 11th century and until the mid-20th century was used in an area from Nepal to Tibet by the Newar people, the historic inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley, to write Sanskrit and Nepalbhasa.
Nepalbhasa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Newar (“a Sino-Tibetan language”).
synonyms: word: Newar
extra: a Sino-Tibetan language
Nepal Bhasa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nepalbhasa.
musk turtle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musk turtles
Senses: glosses: A turtle of the genus Sternotherus, endemic to North America.
Derived terms: giant musk turtle
Mexican musk turtle
three-keeled musk turtle
narrow-bridged musk turtle
musk turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musk turtle
bursae of Fabricius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bursa of Fabricius
inescutcheoned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Presented as an inescutcheon.
resolvend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resolvends
Etymology: From resolve + -end.
Senses: glosses: Something to be resolved.
resolvends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resolvend
blastesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βλάστησις (blástēsis, “germination”). Coined by Friedrich Becke in 1903.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Budding or growth of new mineral crystals in solid rock.
topics: biology
botany
lichenology
natural-sciences
glosses: Reproduction of a lichen thallus using gonidia.
iothion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From io(dine) + -thion. Iothion is neither an organothiophosphate nor an insecticide, so the usage of -thion is somewhat puzzling.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of iopropane.
synonyms: word: iopropane
speedboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speedboards
Etymology: From speed + board.
Senses: examples: text: Speedboards would provide drivers immediate notification of their speed as they pass the device.
ref: 1989, Wisconsin Traffic Safety Reporter:
text: Union Pacific has taken down Southern Pacific speedboards and replaced them with U.P. speedboards. U.P. speedboards for reduction of speed are posted at a measly 2,500 feet from the point of effect.
ref: 1999, Locomotive Engineers Journal, volumes 106-108, page 4:
text: The panel also keeps the driver informed of current speed limits and target speed limits at speedboards and signals ahead.
ref: 2009, John Impagliazzo, Timo Järvi, Petri Paju, History of Nordic Computing 2: Second IFIP WG 9.7 Conference, page 16:
glosses: A board indicating a speed limit.
examples: text: "We tend to get a bad rap because we are associated with the punk, vandal stereotype given to skateboarders," Pennell said. "The speedboard world is made up of people who love the sport too much to risk its reputation."
ref: 2007 November 28, Nick Kolich, “Speedboarders fly down hills”, in The Beacon:
glosses: A skateboard designed for high speed.
Related terms: speedboarder
speedboarding
speedboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speedboard
carkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carking
wearyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wearying
Leathers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
monolithologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
glosses: Composed of one kind of rock.
dSLR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dSLRs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DSLR.
dSLRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dSLR
talking picture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talking pictures
Senses: topics: broadcasting
cinematography
film
media
television
synonyms: talkie
talking film
talking movie
glosses: A motion picture that features an audio accompaniment, thus allowing the characters' speech to be heard by the audience (as well as a musical score).
Hypernyms: film
movie
motion picture
moving picture
picture
picture show
Coordinate terms: silent film
talking pictures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talking picture
goes rogue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go rogue
going rogue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go rogue
went rogue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go rogue
gone rogue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go rogue
border gore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bordergore
form: border-gore
Etymology: From border + gore (“murder, bloodshed, violence”), jokingly suggesting that such borders are so gruesome they might cause someone to become physically ill.
Senses: examples: text: You started a world war, killing millions, just to fix some of your border gore?
text: For the most part, you can enjoy a game of Crusader Kings II without ever playing as a merchant republic. Although, it's worth noting that their trade posts can cause quite the border gore when using its specific map mode.
ref: 2018 November 27, Jason Rodriguez, “Crusader Kings II: Best And Worst DLC Expansions”, in PCInvasion, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022:
text: The Kingdom of France can end up having more Finnish land than French. The Spanish King might decide to conquer just the north of Ireland. An Indian prince may end up ruling Poland. This delightful phenomenon is known 'bordergore' and adds a flavour to the game that many others struggle to replicate.
ref: [2020 October 11, Robert Macilraith, Joshua Walker, “Tutorial Level: Crusader Kings 2- More Than Just a Colourful Map”, in The Oxford Student, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2022:
text: The developers add that this new feature "will allow you to ask for things directly without resorting immediately to war, which will remain a last resort when you need to topple a king whose tolerance of border-gore clearly proves their illegitimacy".
ref: 2021 September 22, Andy Brown, “Royal Court DLC for 'Crusader Kings 3' will let players formally beg for help”, in NME, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2021:
text: France, but the shape of a giraffe, with a number of its counties belonging to Wales, with an odd little exclave far up North in Norway? That's border gore.
ref: 2022 August 24, Ruth Cassidy, “Crusader Kings 3 update looks to tone-down the 'border gore' of endless conquest”, in PC Gamer, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2022:
text: I will be blunt dear reader, I was never a fan of the Peace Conference system in Hearts Of Iron IV up until this point; it felt underdeveloped, was prone to border gore, and it was hard to get a decent settlement for your efforts.
ref: 2022 November 4, Chris Hall, “Hearts Of Iron IV: By Blood Alone Review: Planes and More!”, in KeenGamer, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2023:
text: South Georgia could unite with Florida. Eastern Colorado could join Kansas. We might end up with some ugly boundary lines — what map-based video game enthusiasts call "border gore" — but that's a small price to pay for a little more harmony.
ref: 2023 January 18, Grayson Quay, “One State Unveils Crazy Plan That Just Might Save America”, in The Daily Caller, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2023:
qualifier: grand strategy games
glosses: Political borders which appear extremely messy and unaesthetic when viewed on a map, typically due to being extremely jagged or involving many enclaves.
wikipedia: Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Related terms: enclave
exclave
bordergore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of border gore.
border-gore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of border gore.
rebogied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rebogie
remotored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remotor
remotor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: remotors
form: remotoring
form: remotored
form: remotored
Senses: glosses: To replace a motor.
go off the res
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes off the res
form: going off the res
form: went off the res
form: gone off the res
Senses: glosses: Synonym of go off the reservation.
synonyms: word: go off the reservation
chicken salad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken salads
Senses: glosses: A type of salad consisting of a mixture of diced chicken and usually mayonnaise, often with complements (such as diced celery or onions) and condiments.
Hypernyms: salad
Coordinate terms: salad § Hyponyms
chicken salads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chicken salad
gone off the res
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go off the res
goes off the res
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go off the res
going off the res
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go off the res
went off the res
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go off the res
dextrinised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dextrinise
dextrinise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dextrinises
form: dextrinising
form: dextrinised
form: dextrinised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dextrinize.
ressing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of res
ressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of res
resses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of res
bromovalerylurea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bromo- + valeryl + urea.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Bromisoval.
regurgitalites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regurgitalite
regurgitalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regurgitalites
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Fossilized remains of vomit or other regurgitated objects.
gastrolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastrolite
gastrolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gastrolites
Etymology: From gastro- + -lite.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Fossilized stomach contents.
PauseChamp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A variation of the PogChamp emote on Twitch.
PauseChamp
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: wait for it
potorines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potorine
potorine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potorines
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Potoroo.
brucellic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to brucellosis.
haplolepideous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of haplolepidous.
eye hook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ī′-ho͝ok′
ipa: /ˈaɪˌhʊk/
rhymes: -aɪhʊk
Forms: form: eye hooks
form: eyehook
Etymology: From eye + hook.
Senses: glosses: A hook with an eye or ring attached.
glosses: The hook that goes into the eye of a hook and eye closure.
Coordinate terms: eyebolt
eye bolt
eye screw
screw eye
eye hooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: īˈ-ho͝oksˌ
ipa: /ˈaɪˌhʊks/
Senses: glosses: plural of eye hook
Adam's Bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In Islam, it is said that Adam crossed this bridge after he was banished from the Garden of Eden. Earliest usage of this term can date back to 1030 A.D.
Senses: synonyms: Ram Setu
Rama's Bridge
Ram's Bridge
glosses: A chain of shoals that connects India and Sri Lanka.
wikipedia: Adam
Garden of Eden
Islam
trip sit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: trip sits
form: trip sitting
form: trip sat
form: trip sat
form: trip-sit
Etymology: Back-formation from trip sitter. Compare babysit. Attested from the 21st century; see quotations below.
Senses: examples: text: My friend Beth, who trip sat me in the early days (remember her from the section “Breaks in Time”?) died during the writing of this book. I ask, “Where is Beth?”
ref: 2006, Dan Carpenter, A Psychonaut’s Guide to the Invisible Landscape, page 76:
text: The decedent was reportedly “trip-sitting” for his friends who were using “acid” on the evening of his death. “Trip sitting” refers to someone who remains drug free for the purpose of monitoring the safety of those under the influence of a drug.
ref: 2014 January, Justin Poklis, Kelly Devers, Elise Arbefeville, Julia Pearson, Eric Houston, Alphonse Poklis, “Postmortem detection of 25I-NBOMe [2-(4-iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-[(2-methoxyphenyl)methyl]ethanamine] in fluids and tissues determined by high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry from a traumatic death”, in Forensic Science International, volume 234, number C, →DOI, Supplement:
text: The program also notched up almost 500 “intense interventions”, ranging from treating nausea from drinking too much alcohol to “trip sitting” patrons who had taken drugs and encountered a “challenging psychedelic experience”.
ref: 2015 December 14, Benjamin Preiss, “Stronger drugs are worrying services”, in The Canberra Times, page 2:
text: So if you are considering this for your first psychedelic experience, definitely enlist a close friend or loved one to trip sit for you, and have them read Chapter 12 of this book to prepare!
ref: 2019, Michelle Janikian, Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion, page 46:
glosses: To watch over a person while they are using drugs; to act as a trip sitter.
examples: text: A brief guide to trip sitting. There is often a tendency to overpower the tripper with our insights or knowledge. Let go of this impulse.
ref: 2022 April 4, Patrick Kyle, “A brief guide to trip sitting”, in The Nation, page 62:
glosses: To guide another person's drug trip; to act as a psychedelic guide.
Derived terms: trip sitter
trip sitting
trip sitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trip-sitting
Senses: glosses: The task of a trip sitter; the practice of watching or guiding a person while they use drugs.
trip sitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: trip-sitting
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trip sit
holocarpy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The situation where the entire organism turns into gametes.
androzooids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of androzooid
androzooid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: androzooids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A zooid in a composite group that produces sperm.
nanozooids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanozooid
nanozooid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanozooids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A tiny zooid in a composite organism.
cyclostomates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclostomate
cyclostomate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclostomates
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Cyclostomata class of fish.
cyclostomatids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclostomatid
cyclostomatid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclostomatids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Cyclostomatida order of bryozoans
hyposphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypospheres
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The lower part of a trochophore.
Coordinate terms: episphere
anascans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anascan
anascan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anascans
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Anasca suborder of bryozoans.
phylactolaemate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phylactolaemates
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Phylactolaemata class of bryozoans.
gymnolaemate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gymnolaemates
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Gymnolaemata class of bryozoans.
helicospiral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helicospirals
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A spiral in the shape of a cone.
male organ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The male organ of the eel was recognized, also by an Italian naturalist, Dr. Syrski, in small individuals of the species , and a previous idea that the eel was hermaphroditic thereby dispelled.
ref: 1888, John Sterling Kingsley, The Riverside Natural History, page 104:
text: When man and woman conjoin they insert the male organ into the female organ.
ref: 2014, James H. Sanford, William R. LaFleur, Masatoshi Nagatomi, Flowing Traces: Buddhism in the Literary and Visual Arts of Japan, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 162:
glosses: Penis.
roller table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roller tables
Senses: hypernyms: worktable
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table#Noun
glosses: A worktable whose tabletop is composed of multiple rollers (either cylindrical or spherical), easing the movement of large or heavy workpieces, especially in a factory or workshop. The rollers often ride on roller bearings or are such bearings. Conveyor systems sometimes incorporate such tables as components.
Related terms: word: rollered
roller tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roller table
manacein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From manaca + -ein.
Senses: examples: Thomas M. Githens (1926), “Additional studies on miré”, in Journal of American Pharmaceutical Association, volume 15, pages 1067-1068
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid-like substance derived from Brunfelsia hopeana (or manaca) that is soluble in hot alcohol but not in cold and precipitated by ether.
manacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From manaca + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid-like substance derived from Brunfelsia uniflora (or manaca) that is soluble in hot alcohol and precipitated by ether.
subperiodicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sub- + periodicity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being subperiodic, not precisely periodic.
thiophanic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A natural chemical found in Buellia, with IUPAC name 2,4,5,7-tetrachloro-1,3,6-trihydroxy-8-methylxanthen-9-one.
rattles the bones
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rattle the bones
rattling the bones
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rattle the bones
rattled the bones
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rattle the bones
isoarthothelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
lichenology
natural-sciences
glosses: A chemical xanthone compound derived from lichens with IUPAC name 2,4,7-trichloro-3,6-dihydroxy-1-methylxanthen-9-one.
catch someone with their pants down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catches someone with their pants down
form: catching someone with their pants down
form: caught someone with their pants down
form: caught someone with their pants down
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caught with one's pants down
GEVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GEV
GFRPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GFRP
Gifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gif
GILs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GIL
Gins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gin
GLBOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GLBO
GMRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GMR
glacial lake outburst floods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glacial lake outburst flood
GMVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GMV
GNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GN
GOTYs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GOTY
GPMGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GPMG
GSBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GSB
GTDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GTD
gtgs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gtg
GTTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GTT
Gulags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gulag
H2RAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of H2RA
HBCDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HBCD
HBFCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HBFC
hcs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hc
hcs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hc
HCAPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HCAP
HCKBOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HCKBO
HCLKs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HCLK
HCMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HCM
HCNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HCN
HD DVDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HD DVD
HDTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HDT
HMTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HMT
HMFICs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HMFIC
HOCMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HOCM
hotṛs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hotṛ
PIPS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Pakistan International Public School and College
glosses: Acronym of Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services.
HREEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HREE
HVGCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HVGC
HVPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HVP
HWRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HWR
HVEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HVE
Turquet's octopus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Turquet's octopuses
form: Turquet's octopusses
form: Turquet's octopi
form: Turquet's octopii
form: Turquet's octopodes
form: Turquet's octopus
Senses: examples: text: In an ingenious approach, a team of 11 scientists – including biologists, geneticists, glaciologists, computer scientists and ice-sheet modellers – looked at the genetics of Turquet’s octopus – a species that has been living around the Antarctic continent for about 4m years.
ref: 2023 February 4, Graham Readfearn, The Guardian:
glosses: A species of octopus, Pareledone turqueti, which lives in waters around the Antarctic.
PTV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PTVs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of personal television.
glosses: Initialism of Punta Toro virus.
glosses: Initialism of particle tracking velocimetry.
PTV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of Public Transport Victoria.
glosses: Abbreviation of Pakistan Television.
glosses: Abbreviation of People's Television Network.
subeffigurate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + effigurate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
lichenology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a slightly definite lobed shape.
IACs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IAC
IARTKs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IARTK
IDFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IDF
IEMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IEM
I-Ds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of I-D
IEPLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IEPL
IgNARs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IgNAR
iGPUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iGPU
ILPCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ILPC
IMEPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IMEP
imgs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of img
IMGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IMG
impls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impl
IMTAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IMTA
INDCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of INDC
INTPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of INTP
INFPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of INFP
INFJs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of INFJ
IPLCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IPLC
iPPVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iPPV
IRRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IRR
ISCOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ISCO
ISFPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ISFP
ISFJs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ISFJ
ISTJs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ISTJ
ITOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ITO
dichloronorlichexanthone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dichloronorlichexanthones
Etymology: From di- + chloro- + nor- + lichexanthone.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
chemistry
lichenology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A two chlorine derivative of norlichexanthone, (IUPAC name n,m-dichloro-1,3,6-trihydroxy-8-methylxanthen-9-one) (chlorine atoms can be in position n and m of 2,4,5, or 7 depending on the isomer)
KARs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of KAR
JDSNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of JDSN
KABs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of KAB
JHPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of JHP
KDFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of KDF
KLVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of KLV
KOIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of KOI
KRIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of KRI
KOLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of KOL
L3Cs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of L3C
L2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of L2
LAcs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LAc
LACCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LACC
oestri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oestrus
aphonized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Unpronounced.
vassalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vassalise
Cleves
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Clèves, from Old High German Cleve, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klibą (“cliff”). Cognate with English cliff. There is no connection with German Klee (“clover”), the clovers in the city's coat of arms being an example of canting arms.
Senses: glosses: Kleve (a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
Related terms: 1,6-Cleves acid
1,7-Cleves acid
toned papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toned paper
drawing office
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drawing offices
Senses: examples: text: The only Hughes L.M.S.R. design that did get past the drawing office stage was his standard 2-6-0, of which 245 were built.
ref: 1946 May and June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 142:
glosses: An office where drawings (of a technical nature) are made.
Synonyms: english: sense 3
translation: sense 3
word: drawing room
drawing offices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drawing office
venerious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more venerious
form: most venerious
Etymology: From Latin venerius.
Senses: examples: text: But vnto man, and to diuers other land Creatures, the eating of much ſalt is very contagious, becauſe it maketh the bloud ſalt, and it breedes barenneſſe to mans bodie by the extreame ſiccitie thereof, and it maketh our ſeed ornature too ſharpe, but the ſame being moderatly taken, is very ſtirring in our bodies, and prouoketh them to venerious actes, whereby it helpeth to the generation of mankind.
ref: 1594, H[ugh] Plat, Diuerse New Sorts of Soyle Not Yet Brought into Any Publique Vse, for Manuring Both of Pasture and Arable Ground, with Sundrie Concepted Practises Belonging Therunto, London: […] Peter Short, page 8:
text: Which is, hee that preſumes with his alldaring quill to put forth lewde pamphlets, amorous loue ſongs, and wanton elegies, to ſet vp a venerious ſchoole: bluring and ſtaining the pure vnſpotted name of the muſes with his impure blemiſhes of art: let him ſing a foole a maſſe, and tell me that his life is vntainted, though his lines bee lecherous: hee is a meere pandar, a baud to all villany: the veſſell beein vented and broch’t, tels the taſte what liquor iſlueth from it.
ref: 1607, T[homas] W[alkington], The Optick Glasse of Humors. Or The Touchstone of a Golden Temperature, or the Philosophers Stone to Make a Golden Temper, […], London: […] Iohn Windet for Martin Clerke, […], folios 44, verso – 45, recto:
text: At ſuch time as the deſire of copulation wils him get the bels away quite from the fleſh, only vnto the fore-ſkin, which knowne, hee is brought afore ſome expert Mid-wiues who preſent him Virgins, one whom he likes, he chooſes, returnes and drinkes a ſomniferous potion, whoſe operation puts him in a ſleepe, during which the bell is looſed from the fleſh, and only faſtned to the prepuce, an vnguent is applyed, the cure is ready, then is he at liberty to vſe his body, but ſome in way of pride haue foure or fiue bels, which harmoniouſly reſound their melodie in the ſtreets, and preſerue them there of purpoſe, aſwell for ornament, as titulation in venerious exerciſes.
ref: 1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. Into Afrique and the Greater Asia, Especially the Territories of the Persian Monarchie: and Some Parts of the Orientall Indies, and Iles Adiacent. […], London: […] William Stansby, and Iacob Bloome, page 195:
glosses: Venereal.
lanciao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlan.t͡ʃaʊ̯/
Forms: form: lanciaos
form: lansiao
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 𡳞鳥 /𡳞鸟 (lǎn-chiáu, “penis”). Compare Cebuano lansyaw. Doublet of lanjiao.
Senses: synonyms: Soup No. 5
Remember Me
glosses: a stew of cattle genitals
Eastergate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Barnham and Eastergate parish, Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9405).
Related terms: Westergate
Barnham and Eastergate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England, formed in 2019 from the parishes of Barnham and Eastergate.
opinici
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opinicus
sex on the beaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex on the beach
South Hayling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large village, the main settlement on Hayling Island, Havant borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ7199).
Related terms: North Hayling
conflatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more conflatable
form: most conflatable
Etymology: From conflate + -able.
Senses: examples: text: easily conflatable
glosses: Able to be conflated; (also, especially) liable to be conflated.
Related terms: confusable
anhelations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anhelation
nonknowable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + knowable.
Senses: glosses: Not knowable.