cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sonnetish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sonnetish
form: most sonnetish
Etymology: From sonnet + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or characteristic of a sonnet.
unidealised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unidealise
sonnetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sonnet + -ry.
Senses: glosses: The composition of sonnets.
unidealises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unidealise
sonnettomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Great enthusiasm for sonnets
Related terms: sonnettomaniac
sonnettomaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪniæk
Forms: form: sonnettomaniacs
Etymology: From sonnet + -o- + -maniac.
Senses: glosses: An enthusiast of sonnets
Related terms: sonnettomania
unidealising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unidealise
unidealizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unidealize
sonolyse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sonolyses
form: sonolysing
form: sonolysed
form: sonolysed
Senses: glosses: To employ sonolysis
sonolysed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sonolyse
sonolysed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Broken down or created by sonolysis
unidealizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unidealize
sonomaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of pickeringite
sonoriety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonorieties
Senses: glosses: sonority
sonoriferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Senses: glosses: soniferous
sonotube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonotubes
form: Sonotube
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A tube of compressed fibre into which wet concrete is poured in order to make columns or pillars
sonotubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sonotube
drawhook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drawhooks
Etymology: From draw + hook.
Senses: examples: text: [...] as to wrought iron drawhooks, the failure of one of which, in a coarsely crystalline condition, was the principal cause of the accident, it was laid down in March 1934, that all new wagon drawbars must be of steel to British Standard Specification No. 80, [...].
ref: 1940 November, “Notes and News: A Highland Collision”, in Railway Magazine, page 612:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A coupling hook.
drawhooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drawhook
catchpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catchpoints
Senses: examples: text: Among recommendations arising out of the accident were that greater attention should be devoted to the means of derailing runaways on lines so heavily graded as the Highland main line; were it double throughout, catch points would, of course, be laid in, but the catchpoint problem is a difficult one on a single line. In such a case as this electrically-operated catch points would be needed between Carrbridge and Slochd, facing in the up direction, and so controlled that the tablet for an up train could not be withdrawn from the Slochd instrument unless they were set and bolted for through running, whereas the withdrawal of a tablet for a down train would not be possible unless the catchpoints were open.
ref: 1940 November, “Notes and News: A Highland Collision”, in Railway Magazine, page 612:
glosses: Alternative form of catch points.
Marburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑɹbɝɡ/
Etymology: Borrowed from German Marburg, from an unknown term + German Burg.
Senses: glosses: A town, the administrative seat of Marburg-Biedenkopf district, Hesse, Germany.
glosses: A rural town in Queensland, Australia.
Derived terms: Marburg disease
Marburg virus
Marburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑɹbɝɡ/
Etymology: Borrowed from German Marburg, from an unknown term + German Burg.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German
tender cab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tender cabs
Senses: examples: text: But the 0-8-0 tender engines often run tender first, and No. 8932 has been fitted with a tender cab to give better protection to the enginemen when reverse running takes place.
ref: 1940 November, “Notes and News: Locomotive Working at Abergavenny”, in Railway Magazine, page 616:
text: In spite of their small size and low weight, many technical developments which have proved themselves in main-line service have been incorporated, and a novelty in the 2-6-0-type is a tender cab to improve the conditions of tender-first running.
ref: 1947 March and April, “L.M.S.R. Locomotive Developments”, in Railway Magazine, page 66:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A section of cab added to the front of a steam locomotive tender, to provide protection for the engine crew in inclement weather when running tender-first.
FLR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FLRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of female-led relationship.
FLRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FLR
tender cabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tender cab
Lakeman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lakemans
Etymology: A variant of the English surname Lake or borrowed from Dutch Lakeman.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lakemans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lakeman
Gerdts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gerdtses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Gerdts.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Gorum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gorums
Etymology: Variant of Gorham.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Humphrys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Humphrys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Humphry
Gerdtses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gerdts
Gorums
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gorum
Giovannini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Giovanninis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Giovannini.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Fellin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fellins
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Fellin, a surname of Venetan origin.
* Borrowed from Swedish Fellin, an ornamental surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Frizells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Frizell
Giovanninis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Giovannini
Fellins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fellin
Fillinger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fillingers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Fillinger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Fanfan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fanfans
Etymology: Borrowed either from French Fanfan or Spanish Fanfán. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fanfans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fanfan
Fillingers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fillinger
Doumbia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Doumbias
Etymology: African surname typical of Mali.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Rishabh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi ऋषभ (ŕṣabh). Doublet of Rushabh and Rishabha.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hindi, of Indian usage.
glosses: An alternative name for Nandhi astram, Shiva’s celestial bull
punch-down block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punch-down blocks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of punchdown.
synonyms: word: punchdown
punch-down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punch-downs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of punchdown.
punch-down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: punches-down
form: punching-down
form: punched-down
form: punched-down
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard spelling of punch down.
Doumbias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Doumbia
Danser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dansers
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Danser. It could also be a variant of Dancer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Cullop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cullops
Etymology: From Middle English colhope (“fried eggs and ham or bacon”), perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for an innkeeper or cook.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
Cullops
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cullop
Dansers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Danser
Heanor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Heanor and Loscoe parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4346).
McGhee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McGhees
Etymology: Variant of McGee.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States.
McGhees
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McGhee
swallow one's words
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swallows one's words
form: swallowing one's words
form: swallowed one's words
form: swallowed one's words
Senses: glosses: To be forced to retract a prior statement after it has been shown to be disproven; to take back what one has said.
glosses: To speak at a low volume due to uncertainty about one's speech; to mumble.
Hatcham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of New Cross, Greater London.
phacella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phacellae
Senses: glosses: A filament that projects into the central gastric cavity of a cnidarian
Related terms: phacellate
phacellae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phacella
phacellate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That has phacellae
phacoanaphylactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to phacoanaphylaxis
trialer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trialers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of trialler.
phacoanaphylaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: anaphylaxis to proteins released from the lens of the eye; the inflammation caused by this
Related terms: phacoanaphylactic
trialers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trialer
phacochoere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phacochoeres
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Related terms: phacochoerid
phacochoerine
by all appearances
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of to all appearances.
phacochoerid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phacochoerids
Senses: glosses: phacochoere
phacochoerine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the phacochoeres (warthogs)
phacocyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phacocysts
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The capsule of the lens of the eye
phacoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: phacoid
glosses: Having the form of the lens of the eye, or lentil; lenticular
phacoidoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phacoidoscopes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phacoscope.
phaeism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfiːɪzəm/
/ˈfeɪɪzəm/
Senses: glosses: A relatively mild form of melanism.
phaenozygous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phenozygous.
sadcom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sadcoms
form: sad-com
Etymology: Clipping of sad comedy, following romcom and sitcom.
Senses: examples: text: But the emerging American comedy, whether it be animated or live-action, carries with it neither sincere escapism nor cynical nihilism. Consider them sadcoms — the raw, honest, surprisingly hopeful, long-gestating progeny of M*A*S*H.
ref: 2015 September 3, Jenny Jaffe, “The Rise of the Sadcom”, in Vulture:
text: If 1990s sitcoms were characterised by sexually liberated pals cracking wise, and the 00s by docu-realist, workplace-based cringe comedy, this decade has been dominated by the sadcom, a strain of comedy-drama shuddering under the weight of personal hardship and the idea that actual jokes are largely unnecessary.
ref: 2019 August 13, Rachel Aroesti, “'Horrifyingly absurd': how did millennial comedy get so surreal?”, in The Guardian:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A sad comedy.
sad-com
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sad-coms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sadcom.
phaeochrome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pheochrome
Etymology: From phaeo- + -chrome.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chromaffin.
synonyms: word: chromaffin
Related terms: phaeochromocyte
phaeochromocytoma
phaeopigment
phaeochromocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phaeochromocytes
form: pheochromocyte
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A phaeochrome cell
Derived terms: phaeochromocytoma
phaeochromocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phaeochromocyte
phaeodella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phaeodellas
Senses: glosses: A dark pigmented granule in the phaeodia of phaeodarian radiolarians
phaeodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phaeodia
Senses: glosses: The dark mass surrounding the large pore in the central capsule of a phaeodarian radiolarian
phaeodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phaeodium
Salon-de-Provence
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Salon-de-Provence.
Senses: glosses: A city and town in Bouches-du-Rhône department, region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
MIG welding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MIG weldings
Senses: glosses: A type of welding, by means of a consumable metal-wire-feed electrode and an atmosphere of an inert gas
Coordinate terms: GTAW welding
TIG welding
welding
Related terms: inert gas
metal
MIG weld
night-and-day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night-and-days
Senses: glosses: A type of couch which has a back that can be lowered down to form a bed.
night-and-days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night-and-day
Nightcliff gardener's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Nightcliff, a suburb of Darwin where the disease has been associated with gardening.
Senses: glosses: melioidosis
wikipedia: Darwin, Northern Territory
Nightcliff, Northern Territory
Hollick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hollicks
Etymology: Unexplained, but perhaps a variant of Hillock.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
m*lk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: m*lks
Etymology: Compare chick'n, chick*n.
Senses: examples: text: Dairy wars: when a glass of milk is really a glass of m*lk [title]
ref: 2017 July 23, Tom Levitt, “Dairy wars: when a glass of milk is really a glass of m*lk”, in The Guardian:
text: We’re excited to bring the future of m*lk to the present and bring to life a m*lk that rivals all others on the market.
ref: 2020 November 9, Mike Wheeler, “Soulfresh's All Mighty Bruce Future M*lk hits the stands”, in Food & Beverage Industry News:
text: Her fresh "m*lk" concept connects back to Australian coffee culture, the flat white, and the unparalleled breakfasts that only Australians can muster, she said.
ref: 2021 July 29, Bella Lewis, “Nuts for Tulo M*lk”, in The East Hampton Star:
text: Bethany Eaton, co-founder of Nush says: “As the first brand to bring nut m*lk yogurt to the UK, innovation has always been at the heart of Nush.
ref: 2021 August 23, Sian Yates, “Nush unveils new Yog and potted dessert flavours”, in FoodBev Media:
glosses: Any nondairy milk.
agara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: agarwood
Jiul de Est
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Hunedoara County, Romania.
Jiul de Vest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Jiul de Vest.
Senses: glosses: A river in Romania.
Vaideeni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Vaideeni.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Vâlcea County, Romania.
Vâlsan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Two rivers in Romania.
Vârciorog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune, village, and river in Bihor, Romania.
durumagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turumagi
Etymology: From the Revised Romanization of Korean 두루마기 (durumagi).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Korean overcoat / topcoat.
wikipedia: Revised Romanization
Derived terms: kkachi durumagi
turumagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 두루마기 (durumagi).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of durumagi.
wikipedia: McCune-Reischauer romanization
mismumble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mismumbles
form: mismumbling
form: mismumbled
form: mismumbled
Etymology: From mis- + mumble.
Senses: examples: text: He was dictating dialogues between two American boys, and forcing his students to learn to mismumble them; just such expressions as we have all, no doubt, heard American boys use to each other daily.
ref: 1917, Harry Alverson Franck, Vagabonding Down the Andes, page 446:
text: In choir and cloister, gathering up dropped Syllables, mismumbled words dislodged From the liturgy by sinful clerics.
ref: 2016, John Leonard, “Tittivillus”, in Think of the World: Collected Poems:
text: In a side remark intended for me, and which struck me like a shaft, Culpepper, as vain a fellow as ever mismumbled an author's lines, remarked to Miss Hatch that an elephant would stretch his chain to reach a bonbon.
ref: 2019, Opie Percival Read, Bolanyo:
glosses: To mumble the wrong words.
mismumbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mismumble
mismumbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mismumble
mismumbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mismumble
New Eltham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nju ɛltəm/
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the borough of Greenwich and borough of Bexley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4472).
misnail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misnails
form: misnailing
form: misnailed
form: misnailed
Etymology: From mis- + nail.
Senses: examples: text: Easy to handle and apply — light weight — small size , 18 " x 48 " — can not be misnailed because nailing grooves are already provided.
ref: 1931, American Lumberman - Part 3, page 48:
text: There is better nailing visibility of the individual framing members when boards rather than large sheeets are applied as sheathing, i.e., there is less chance of misnailing and the carpenter saves time in locating the framing members when starting the nails into the sheathing.
ref: 1941, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, A Manual on Sheathing for Buildings: Laboratory and Service Data, page 26:
text: We should have quit when we misnailed that joist. It was time.
ref: 2001, Hugh Howard, House-Dreams, page 122:
text: He examined the unfinished framing of the annex, noted two misnailed and split pieces of cross-bridging between joists, walked around the front of the house where the porch had been and an unconcluded rubble of mud and hardened concrete splotches and dusty hundredweight paper bags and scraps of polythylene film and insulation wool now was, and, continuing, tapped on the side door, a door that seemed to press outward with the silence it contained.
ref: 2007, John Updike, Couples:
glosses: To nail improperly.
misnails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misnail
misnailing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misnail
misnailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misnail
gender expressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gender expression
CRAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
glosses: Initialism of Civil Reserve Air Fleet.
topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby.
glosses: Initialism of Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces.
Grunsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Grunskys
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Грунский (Grunskij). This surname is also particularly present in Germany and Austria.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Russian.
germ-ridden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more germ-ridden
form: most germ-ridden
Etymology: From germ + -ridden.
Senses: glosses: Lacking hygiene; unclean.
Langfang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: längʹfängʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 廊坊 (Lángfáng).
Senses: examples: text: While there he received a wire from Tuan Ch’i-jui, who was at that time Minister of War and Premier, ordering him to station the bulk of his troops in the vicinity of Langfang, about halfway between Peking and Tientsin.
ref: 1966, James E. Sheridan, Chinese Warlord: The Career of Feng Yü-hsiang, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 63:
text: The city of Langfang in Hebei on Tuesday said its 4.9 million residents will be put under home quarantine for seven days and be subject to mass COVID-10 testing in the latest attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Two counties under Langfang’s jurisdiction that border Beijing, Guan and Sanhe, had already announced home quarantine measures.
ref: 2021 January 11, Jing Wang, Andrew Galbraith, Roxanne Liu, Lusha Zhang, Se Young Lee, “Another Chinese city goes into lockdown amid new COVID-19 threat”, in Michael Perry, Raju Gopalakrishnan, Sam Holmes, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2021, Healthcare & Pharma:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
brotform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brotforms
Etymology: From German Brotform, from Brot (“bread”) + Form (“shape”).
Senses: synonyms: banneton
proofing basket
glosses: A type of basket used to provide structure for breads during proofing.
/j
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: From / + abbreviation of joke or joking, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).
Senses: qualifier: tone indicator
glosses: Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a joking manner.
Related terms: /shot
fairy folk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: faefolk
glosses: Small mythical rarely-seen human-like creatures with magical powers and fair skin who live in remote, often forested locations.
/lh
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: From / + abbreviation of lighthearted, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).
Senses: qualifier: tone indicator
glosses: Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a lighthearted (not serious) manner.
/srs
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: From / + abbreviation of serious, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).
Senses: examples: text: Please use tone indicators, they really help me! /pos /nm /gen /srs /nf
ref: 2024 December 3, Alia Paavola, “Tone indicators: A complete list and how to use them”, in Textline:
qualifier: tone indicator
glosses: Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a serious manner.
gust lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gust locks
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A device used to lock the control surfaces of a parked aircraft in order to reduce the probability of flight-control damage resulting from strong or gusty winds.
blucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluckets
Etymology: Blend of blade + bucket; the use of bucket here refers to the inner, turbine portion of the blade.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of turbine blade where the inner portion of the blade is driven by expanding exhaust gases from the engine core, while the outer portion extends into the bypass duct and serves as a fan blade; used on a few turbofans with rear-mounted fans.
thrust bucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrust buckets
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A reduction in thrust performed by some launch vehicles when approaching max Q, in order to reduce aerodynamic stresses on the vehicle's structure.
thrust vectoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
astronautics
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The deflection of the exhaust nozzle(s) of a jet engine or rocket so as to alter the direction in which the engine produces thrust and help control the attitude and/or direction of flight of the vehicle using the engine.
reph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛf/
rhymes: -ɛf
homophone: ref
Forms: form: rephs
Senses: glosses: a kind of diacritic used in some Indic scripts to indicate an "r" sound at the beginning of a consonant cluster.
CODs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of COD
record producers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of record producer
Merlin chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Merlin chairs
Etymology: Named after its inventor, John Joseph Merlin (1735–1803).
Senses: examples: text: She has a gay Turn, but Ill health has long confined her to a Merlin Chair, in wᶜʰ however She travels not incommodiously, and is wheeled about.
ref: 1797 September 19, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana:
glosses: A type of early wheelchair, which the occupant propels by means of crank-handles in the armrests.
wikipedia: John Joseph Merlin
phaeophyll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The carotenoid pigment of brown algae, mostly composed of fucoxanthin
phaeoplast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phaeoplasts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pheoplast.
phaeoplasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phaeoplast
phagedaenical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phagedaenic.
phagedaenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phagedaenic.
phagocytable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: phagocytizable
glosses: Capable of being phagocytosed
phagocytizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phagocytable.
synonyms: word: phagocytable
phalaenopsid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phalaenopsids
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any moth orchid of the genus Phalaenopsis
phalaenopsids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phalaenopsid
phalangidan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phalangidans
Senses: glosses: Any arachnid of the order Phalangida
phalangidans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phalangidan
phalangigrade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phalange + -i- + -grade (“means of walking”).
Senses: qualifier: typically of camels and llamas
glosses: That walks on the phalanges instead of the hooves
phalangitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of the phalanges of the digits
phalarica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phalaricas
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin phalārica, falārica.
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Roman javelin wrapped in tow and pitch that was set on fire before being fired
phalaricas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phalarica
phallalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: phallodynia
glosses: pain in the penis
phallical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phallic.
phallin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phallins
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
mycology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several haemolytic cyclic oligopeptides present in the death cap toadstool, Amanita phalloides.
phallins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phallin
phallophoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phallophorias
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek "φαλλοφορία"
Senses: glosses: A ceremonial procession, in honour of Dionysus, in which a phallus is carried
Related terms: phallophoric
phallophorus
phallophoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of a phallophoria
phallophorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phallophori
Senses: glosses: The person who carries the phallus in a phallophoria
phanerozonate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to starfish of the order Phanerozonia
Related terms: phanerozone
phanerozone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phanerozones
Senses: glosses: Any phanerozonate starfish
phanerozones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phanerozone
phanopoeia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phanopeia
Senses: coordinate_terms: logopoeia
melopoeia
glosses: The use of visual images in poetry.
phantasmagorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phantasmagorists
Etymology: From phantasmagoria + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who makes phantasmagorias
phantastikon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phantastikons
Senses: glosses: A product of the imagination
phantastron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phantastrons
Senses: glosses: An electronic device that generates a series of pulses
phantoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phantoscopes
Senses: glosses: phenakistoscope
pharbitin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharbitins
form: pharbitisin
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoside present in seeds of the morning glory (of former genus Pharbitis)
pharbitisin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharbitisins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pharbitin.
pharmacognosia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pharmacognosy.
pharmacopolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharmacopolitans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pharmacopole.
pharmakos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharmakoi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φαρμακός (pharmakós).
Senses: glosses: In Ancient Greek religion, the ritualistic sacrifice or exile of a human scapegoat.
pharyngalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pharyngealization.
pharyngalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pharyngealized.
phasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phasic.
Derived terms: polyphasal
phaseometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phaseometers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phasemeter.
phasianoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to or characteristic of pheasants.
phasitron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phasitrons
Senses: glosses: An electromechanical device once used to modulate the phase of a signal
San-men-hsia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 三門峽 /三门峡 (Sānménxiá) Wade–Giles romanization: San¹-mên²-hsia².
Senses: examples: text: During excavations in the area of San-mên-hsia, near the confluence of the Wei-ho and the Huang-ho, tombs of the ancient state of Kuo were found at Shang-ts‘un-ling; these were datable to the early Eastern Chou period (after 770 b.c.), according to a brief report in K‘ao-ku T‘ung-hsin (no. 11, 1958).
ref: [1959, Max Loehr, “Ordos”, in Encyclopedia of World Art, volume X, McGraw-Hill, →LCCN, →OCLC, column 777:
text: The genesis of the Chinese bronze mirror can be traced far back into the Chou dynasty. Some pieces that may possibly date from the eighth century b.c., but certainly predate the year 655 b.c., were unearthed in 1956–1957 at Shang-ts’ung-ling near San-men-hsia in western Honan Province.
ref: 1980, Helmut Brinker, Eberhard Fischer, Treasures from the Rietberg Museum, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91:
text: Mount Pi-erh (also written 辟耳 on Kuo yü, 6.242) is located about twelve miles north and west of modern San-men-hsia 三門峽 in Shansi (T'an Ch'i-hsiang, 1:22).
ref: 2006, Ch'ien Ssu-ma, edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr., The Grand Scribe's Records,, volume V.1, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 74:
text: Near Shan-chou2 (Shensi, modern San-men-hsia), some seventy-five miles west of Lo-yang, K’ang I-ch’eng surrendered with the few troops that remained with him and was later executed with his family.
ref: 2009, Herbert Franke, Denis Twitchett, The Cambridge History of China, volume 5, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 83:
glosses: Alternative form of Sanmenxia.
wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica
Meletius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Meletius, from Ancient Greek Μελέτιος (Melétios).
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
Grunskys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Grunsky
Hollicks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hollick
skait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skaits
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of skate.
skait
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skaits
form: skaiting
form: skaited
form: skaited
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of skate.
skaits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skait
skaits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skait
Creps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Crepses
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Krebs.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Chaudoin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chaudoins
Etymology: Borrowed from French Chaudoin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Chaudoins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chaudoin
Crepses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Creps
skaiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Truly, society is like a large piece of frozen water; there are the rough places to be shunned, the very slippery ones all ready for a fall, and the holes which seem made expressly to drown you. All that can be done is to glide lightly over them. Skaiting well is the great art of social life.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 300:
glosses: present participle and gerund of skait
skaited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skait
Brias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bria
Burggrafs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Burggraf
Corio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Corios
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Corio.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
glosses: A comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
glosses: A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia; derived from Aboriginal coraiyo.
glosses: An electoral division in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Corios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Corio
Circles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Circle
Comparan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Comparans
Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Comparán.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Cuny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cunys
Etymology: Borrowed from French Cuny.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Cunys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cuny
Comparans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Comparan
the breath of life
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: a fundamental necessity
Creeden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Creedens
Etymology: Variant of Creedon.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Daisys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Daisy
Creedens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Creeden
Demorest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Demorests
Etymology: Altered spelling of French Desmarais or Desmarest.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: A city in Habersham County, Georgia, United States.
Derived terms: Demorestville
Ewbank
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ewbanks
Etymology: Variant of Eubank.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
spinlocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spinlock
spinlocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spinlock
Ewbanks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ewbank
Demorests
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Demorest
McCarron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCarrons
form: McCarn
form: McCarren
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cearáin, variant of Mac Ciaráin (“son of Ciarán”). It could also be an Anglicized form of Irish Mac Carrghamhna (“son of Corrghamhain”), a personal name composed of the elements corr (“sharp”) + gamhain (“calf”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Jo-chiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 婼羌 Wade–Giles romanization: Jo⁴-chʻiang¹.
Senses: examples: text: In 1969 a copy of ‘The Old Charcoal Seller’ by the T’ang poet Po Chü-i (772—846) was unearthed at Jo-chiang in Sinkiang.
ref: 1973, Michael Sullivan, Chinese Art: Recent Discoveries, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 24:
glosses: Alternative form of Ruoqiang.
O'Conner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: O'Conners
Etymology: Variant of O'Connor.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
O'Conners
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of O'Conner
McCarrons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCarron
NRF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Resistance Front.
glosses: Initialism of NATO Response Force.
Borjas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Borjases
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Borjas. This surname is mostly found in Honduras.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Woolway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Woolways
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Wulfing, composed of the element wulf (“wolf”) + wīġ (“war, battle”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Woolways
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Woolway
Borjases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Borjas
Coxlodge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2368).
Ghoti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ghotis
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali ঘটি (ghoṭi).
Senses: glosses: A Bengali who originates from western Bengal.
Synonyms: West Bengali
Felling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An eastern suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2761).
nonpreferentially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + preferential + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Those exemptions apply nonpreferentially to all religions.
ref: 2017 September, Edward A. Zelinsky, Taxing the Church: Religion, Exemptions, Entanglement, and the Constitution, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 220, →ISBN:
text: If government chose to support religion generally, if^([sic – meaning it]) must do so nonpreferentially.
ref: 2000 February, Frank Guliuzza, Over the Wall: Protecting Religious Expression in the Public Square, Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 126, →ISBN:
text: The three species of sunbirds changed from specializing on clumps with large numbers of closed flowers to visiting flowers nonpreferentially at different relative frequencies of unopened flowers.
ref: 1980, Douglass H. Morse, Behavioral Mechanisms in Ecology, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 59, →ISBN:
glosses: Not preferentially.
Synonyms: unpreferentially
pinky break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinky breaks
Senses: glosses: In card tricks, the use of the little finger to secretly mark a specific point within a deck held in the hand.
pinky breaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinky break
roughing fluids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roughing fluid
Holy Lander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Holy Landers
Etymology: From Holy Land + -er.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Holy Land.
Holy Landers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Holy Lander
ribbon spread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribbon spreads
Senses: glosses: The smooth laying out of a deck of cards across a surface, used as a flourish in card tricks.
ribbon spreads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ribbon spread
rebevelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rebevel
Seaton Carew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Manorial affix from the Norman French family of Carou who settled there.
Senses: glosses: A coastal settlement in Hartlepool borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ5229).
Worleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Worley
Wortleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wortley
track meets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of track meet
nine day wonder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nine day wonders
Senses: examples: text: So far as we're concerned, the ashes of Endymion can stay buried for another two hundred years—or another two million. It doesn't matter; come the day when somebody stumbles over the tombstones, they'll just be an archaeological find: a nine day wonder. By then, we'll be out among the stars. Earth will be just our cradle.
ref: 1993 December, Brian Stableford, “The Cure for Love”, in The Cure for Love and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution, [Rockville, Md.]: Borgo Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: Alternative form of nine-day wonder.
pants suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pants suits
Senses: examples: text: Pants suits are common for females and the males vie with them in the area of color and design!
ref: 1974, Helen H. Foster, William W. Streeter, Only One Cummington: A Book in Two Parts, →LCCN, page 141:
text: By 1970, however, retailers were glad to have the pants suit, with the complete collapse of the midi, and by 1974 the pants suit had become an item that was considered a must alternative in every well-dressed woman’s wardrobe, although no longer the dressiest number.
ref: 1975, Chester R. Wasson, Consumer Behavior: A Managerial Viewpoint, page 299:
text: Pants suits are booming in popularity with women for good reason. Once a woman starts wearing pants suits she finds it very difficult to go back to skirts and dresses.
ref: 1986, Peter J. Frost, Vance F. Mitchell, Walter R. Nord, Organizational Reality: Reports from the Firing Line, 3rd edition, page 139:
glosses: Alternative form of pantsuit.
pants suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pants suit
pants-suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pants-suits
Senses: examples: text: Has the “Womens^([sic]) Lib Movement” finally hit Headquarters??? It was officially announced in Staff Conference that pants-suits are allowed …
ref: c. 1970, The Communicator, page 8, column 3:
text: gee! i like your pants-suit, flotilla! i think i’ll wear mine tomorrow!
ref: 1971 March 15, [Jimmy] Hatlo, “Hatlo’s They’ll Do It Every Time”, in The Evening Sentinel, volume XC, number 78, Carlisle, Pa., page 3:
text: The court found a hostile environment where the sales manager grabbed plaintiff and physically moved her a few feet, berated her for job performance following complaint by plaintiff of ridicule directed against her by co-workers in which she was called "bitch," "whore," and "a bald-headed woman with a wig," and when plaintiff wore a pants-suit instead of a dress, co-workers remarked, "we're going to take your pants off and put a skirt on you" and "we're going to take your clothes off to see if you are real."
ref: 1990, Employment Law in Financial Institutions, September L3-l4, 1990, New York, New York: ALI-ABA Course of Study Materials, pages 238–239:
glosses: Alternative form of pantsuit.
pants-suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pants-suit
pantssuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pantssuits
Senses: examples: text: To the tune of “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” Sarli brought out a bevy of models, male and female, in white pantssuits with swirling midi capes.
ref: 1970 January 30, Marian Christy, “Unknown Designer Sali Steals the Show in Rome”, in The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif., page C-3, column 4:
text: Skin tight pantssuits, striped gloves, rabbit-fur lined.
ref: 1975, Red Jordan Arobateau, Ho Stroll: A Black Lesbian Novel, book 2, Red Jordan Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 66:
text: […]the 1970s saw increasing number of women in white-collar jobs win the right to wear trousers to work though some establishments required pantssuits.[…]The pantssuit is rare in most workplaces[…]
ref: 1987, Barbara F. Reskin, Patricia A. Roos, “Status Hierarchies and Sex Segregation”, in Christine Bose, Glenna Spitze, editors, Ingredients for Women’s Employment Policy, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, pages 16–17:
glosses: Alternative form of pantsuit.
pantssuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pantssuit
Hart Station
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Hartlepool, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4835).
wikipedia: Hart Station
Hart railway station
topgrading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Bradford D. Smart and his son, Geoffrey, in a 1997 article in Directors and Boards magazine.
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A corporate hiring and interviewing methodology to identify preferred candidates for a position, based on detailed research and analysis of each candidate.