cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
chiroplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiroplasties
Etymology: From chiro- + -plasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: plastic surgery to the hand
chiropodous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chiro- + -podous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having feet that are adapted for grasping
chiropterite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiropterites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sedimentary rock / mineral formed from bat guano
chirothesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkaɪɹəʊˈθiːʒə/
/ˌkaɪɹəʊˈθiːzi.ə/
Forms: form: chirothesias
Senses: glosses: Synonym of laying on of hands.
synonyms: word: laying on of hands
Related terms: chirotony
chiselmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiselmouths
Etymology: From chisel + mouth.
Senses: glosses: A North American fish (Acrocheilus alutaceus)
chitinogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That secretes chitin
chitinophosphatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Composed of (alternate layers of) chitin and calcium phosphate
chitmunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chitmunks
Senses: glosses: Dated form of chipmunk.
chittamwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chittamwoods
form: chittimwood
Senses: glosses: A North American tree (Sideroxylon lanuginosum); the wood of this tree
chivalresque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of chivalry
chiviatite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiviatites
Etymology: From Chiviato + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mixed sulphide of lead and bismuth found near Chiviato in Peru
vaxxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vaxed
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vax
vaxxed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: vaxed
Senses: antonyms: unvaxed
unvaxxed
glosses: Vaccinated.
Derived terms: double-vaxxed
unvaxxed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unvaxed
Etymology: From un- + vaxxed.
Senses: examples: text: In Rockland County, just north of New York, where 155 cases have been confirmed as of Wednesday, County Executive Ed Day declared a state of emergency this week, banning any unvaccinated person under 18 from appearing in a public place.
ref: 2019 March 28, Doug Stanglin, “'Extraordinary': 5 states fight measles outbreak as N.Y. county bans unvaxxed minors in public”, in USA Today:
antonyms: vaxed
vaxxed
glosses: Unvaccinated.
vaxxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vax
glosses: plural of vaxx
vaxxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vax
double-shufflings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-shuffling
picture postcards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picture postcard
shift the cut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shifts the cut
form: shifting the cut
form: shifted the cut
form: shifted the cut
Senses: examples: text: In the average game where the players keep their hands, and arms also, on the table there is little opportunity to shift the cut.
ref: 1902, S. W. Erdnase, Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table: A Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Cards:
text: The cards are slightly crimped, just enough to indicate to the cheater's sensitive fingers exactly where to shift the cut. This move cannot be made without a cover.
ref: 1949, John Scarne, Scarne on Cards:
glosses: To surreptitiously restore a deck of cards to their original sequence after having cut the deck.
ship over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ships over
form: shipping over
form: shipped over
form: shipped over
Senses: examples: text: His friend had just shipped over in the Navy and was sporting a new hashmark, and talked Smokey into going to the recruiting office.
ref: 2002, Enlisted Naval Aviation Pilots, page 56:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To reenlist.
shoot around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shoots around
form: shooting around
form: shot around
form: shot around
Senses: examples: text: Pressured to deliver his film on time and within budget, Asher finally refused to give in to another of Cummings' demands. The irked actor stormed off the set. Bill shot around him for the rest of the day but then had to approach his unhappy star.
ref: 2015, Thomas Lisanti, Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: To record footage in the absence of (one of the actors), with the intention of editing in their sequences at a later stage.
shooting ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shooting ratios
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: The ratio between the total duration of footage created for possible use in a project and the duration used in the final cut.
shooting ratios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shooting ratio
short squeeze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short squeezes
Senses: examples: text: A short squeeze can occur when there is a lack of supply and an excess of demand for the stock due to short sellers covering (liquidating) their positions.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A rapid increase in the price of a stock caused primarily by technical factors in the market rather than underlying fundamentals.
Related terms: go short
MOASS
sell short
short
shorter
shorting
short position
short sale
short seller
short selling
squeeze the shorts
short squeezes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short squeeze
chladnite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chladnites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of enstatite present in some meteorites
should-cost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: should-costs
Senses: topics: business
glosses: The detailed analysis of a contractor's facilities by the potential purchaser, in order to determine an acceptable price that the purchaser will pay the contractor for goods or services.
topics: business
glosses: A price determined by this means.
should-cost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: should-costs
form: should-costing
form: should-costed
form: should-costed
Senses: glosses: To determine a cost in this manner.
chlamydeous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Probably back-formation from achlamydeous, archichlamydeous, metachlamydeous, monochlamydeous; or from Ancient Greek χλᾰμῠ́δ- (khlămŭ́d-, stem of χλᾰμῠ́ς (khlămŭ́s)) chlamys + -eous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That has a perianth
should-costs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of should-cost
chladnites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chladnite
vaxxie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvæksi/
rhymes: -æksi
Forms: form: vaxxies
Etymology: Blend of vax (“vaccine”) + selfie. Coined in late 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps you’ve seen your first “vaxxies” — naturally, photos that people take of themselves getting a coronavirus vaccine and then post on social media. The country has already distributed over one million doses to health care workers, but who’s next?
ref: 2020 December 27, Charlotte Cowles, “The Week in Business: The Bitter End”, in The New York Times:
text: Posting a ‘vaxxie’ (rarely a true a selfie, for logistical reasons) is becoming the unexpected social media trend of 2021, and led by a just as unexpected band of influencers. […] Inevitably, there will be some who deem vaxxies to be as smug, performative and fatuous as all other social media crazes.
ref: 2021 January 19, Guy Kelly, “The rise of the vaxxie – and why the Greek PM’s Herculean effort is more important than you might think”, in The Daily Telegraph:
text: As governments and health officials continue to flip-flop on vaccine age requirements, and anti-vaxxers spread falsehoods through social media and protests, the vaxxie might just be a powerful line of defence against vaccine hesitancy.
ref: 2021 July 28, Louise Grimmer, Gary Mortimer, Martin Grimmer, “Vaccine selfies may seem trivial, but they show people doing their civic duty — and probably encourage others too”, in The Conversation:
glosses: A photograph (especially a selfie) of a person receiving a vaccine, often shared on social media.
vaxxie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvæksi/
rhymes: -æksi
Forms: form: vaxxies
Etymology: From vaxx + -ie, coined by 4chan mid 2021.
Senses: examples: text: Vaxxie, Vaxxie, heart attacksie, Takes his tests and wears his maskies, Still got Covid, every strain, Got spike proteins in his brain
ref: 2022 June 11, “/pol/ - Politically Incorrect”, in 4chan, retrieved 09 Sep 2023:
glosses: A person who has received the COVID-19 vaccine.
vaxxies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaxxie
chlamydobacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlamydobacteria
Senses: glosses: A bacterium of the family Chlamydobacteriaceae
chlamydobacteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlamydobacterium
chlamydophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlamydophores
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Chlamyphorus of armadillos.
chlamydophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlamydophore
chlamydozoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlamydozoa
Senses: glosses: Any green alga of the genus Chlamydomonas.
chlamydozoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlamydozoon
show-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: show-outs
Senses: examples: text: On entering the venue, the detective had to avoid approaching or acknowledging whoever he was meeting. First, the detective had to wait for the 'show out'. This consisted of a brief nod, signalling that there was nobody around who might blow the informer's cover.
ref: 2007, Paul Willetts, North Soho 999: A True Story of Gun-crime in 1940s London, page 101:
glosses: A surreptitious signal made by an informer to the police contact, indicating that it is safe to approach.
show-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of show-out
chloanthite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloanthites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A skutterudite relatively rich in nickel
Related terms: smaltite
showprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: showprints
Etymology: From show + print.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A release print made directly from the original camera negative rather than an internegative.
showprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of showprint
chloragocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloragocytes
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of chloragogen cell.
synonyms: word: chloragogen cell
chloragocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chloragocyte
shrimp boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrimp boats
form: shrimpboat
Senses: glosses: A boat used for shrimp fishing.
glosses: A marker placed beside a blip on the radar screen, used by air traffic control to indicate a specific aircraft.
shrimp boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrimp boat
chloragogen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of chloragogue.
synonyms: word: chloragogue
Derived terms: chloragogen cell
chloragogue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to or characteristic of chloragogen cells
Synonyms: chloragogen
chloragogenous
chloralide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The lactone 2,5-bis(trichloromethyl)-1,3-dioxolan-4-one
hypertranslation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypertranslations
Etymology: From hyper- + translation.
Senses: examples: text: hypertranslation of the mandibular condyle
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The excessive translational movement of a body part.
SQs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SQ
automated manual transmissions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of automated manual transmission
AMTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AMT
clutchless manual transmissions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clutchless manual transmission
sin binning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sin bin
multiclad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + clad.
Senses: glosses: Of optical fibre: consisting of multiple layers of optical material.
passion wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passion wagons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fuckmobile (“a vehicle used for sexual intercourse”).
synonyms: word: fuckmobile
extra: a vehicle used for sexual intercourse
passion wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passion wagon
six-ace flat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: six-ace flats
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: A loaded die fashioned so that the numbers 1 and 6 come up more frequently than others.
six-ace flats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of six-ace flat
whts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wht
whippens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whippen
Warmians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Warmian
warals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waral
wanfortunes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wanfortune
waferboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waferboard
wahtuhs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wahtuh
voicetracking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of voicetrack
voicetracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voicetrack
voicetracks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of voicetrack
vitreotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vitreotome
vitrectomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vitrectome
viscumins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viscumin
viscoamylographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viscoamylograph
visceralizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of visceralization
viridiofungins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viridiofungin
viriomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viriome
VIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VI
chloralosan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloralosans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: chloralose
Easenhall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4679).
chloralosane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloralosanes
Etymology: From chloralose + -ane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: chloralose
chlorarsen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The organoarsenic compound diphenylarsanecarbonitrile when used as a chemical weapon
chlorauric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chloroauric.
chlorazide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The pseudohalogen chlorine azide ClN₃
chlorbenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chlorobenzene.
chlorbutanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chlorobutanol.
chlorcosane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorcosanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A mixture of chlorinated hydrocarbons, chiefly 1,2,3,4,6,7,10-heptachlorododecane and 2,5,8,11,14,17,20-heptachlorotricosane, used as a solvent
Chilcott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chilcotts
form: Chilcutt
Etymology: Habitational surname from a place in Somerset, from the Old English personal name Ceola + cot (“cottage”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
chlorinolyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlorinolysis
Broxson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Broxsons
Senses: glosses: A surname.
chloriodide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloriodides
Etymology: From chlor- + iodide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of chloroiodide.
Delman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Delmans
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Delmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Delman
Broxsons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Broxson
chloritize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chloritizes
form: chloritizing
form: chloritized
form: chloritized
Senses: glosses: To treat with a chlorite, typically as a bleach
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To metamorphose into the mineral chlorite
coaevous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coevous.
chloroamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any C-chloro derivative of an amide.
Related terms: chloroamine
chloroamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chloroamide
chloroamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any C-chloro derivative of an amine
Related terms: chloroamide
Demario
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Demarios
form: DeMario
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian De Mario.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Debrosse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Debrosses
Etymology: Borrowed from French Debrosse.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
chloroaurate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroaurates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt of chloroauric acid
Debrosses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Debrosse
Demarios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Demario
chlorobromide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorobromides
Etymology: From chloro- + bromide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any mixed chloride and bromide.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A photographic paper containing such silver salts; a print made on such paper.
capitalist roader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæpɪt(ə)lɪst ˈɹəʊdə/
ipa: /ˌkæpətl̩əst ˈɹoʊdɚ/
ipa: [-ɾl̩əst-]
Forms: form: capitalist roaders
Etymology: From capitalist + road (figurative) + -er (suffix denoting a person associated with or supporting a particular doctrine, theory, or political movement), as a calque of Chinese 走資派 /走资派 (zǒuzīpài, literally “one who takes the capitalist road”), a contraction of 走資本主義道路(的)當權派 /走资本主义道路(的)当权派 (zǒu zīběnzhǔyì dàolù (de) dāngquánpài, “those in power who take the capitalist road”), first used in Chinese Communist Party literature in 1965.
Senses: examples: text: Hsiangfen County CCP Committee has launched the cadres and masses to study Chairman Mao's teachings and criticize the revisionist program of "taking the three instructions as the key link" pushed by the unrepentant capitalist roaders in the party.
ref: 1976 February 26 [1976 February 25], “Shansi County Criticism Aids Tachai Emulation”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 39, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Taiyuan Shansi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: North Region, page K 2:
text: Flagrantly they spread the notion that "at present the targets of revolution are those democrats who had eaten bran in the old society, been wounded during the Anti-Japanese War, fought in the Liberation War and crossed the Ya-lu River during the struggle to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea." Those who had to be knocked out now were "capitalist roaders who had climbed the snowcapped mountains and crossed the grasslands."
ref: 1977 November 30 [1977 October 8], Liu Tsai-fu [0491 0375 5958] [刘再複], Yang Chih-chieh [2799 1807 2638] [杨志杰], “The Ins and Outs of the Conspirational Literature and Art of the 'Gang of Four'”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 405, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Peking KUANG-MING JIH-PAO 8 Oct 1977 p2, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, Political and Sociological, page 9:
english: 杨志杰
translation: 杨志杰
glosses: One (especially a Chinese Communist Party official) who bows to pressure from bourgeois forces and attempts to pull the Cultural Revolution in a capitalist direction.
wikipedia: 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Derived terms: capitalist roadism
capitalist roadist
capitalist roaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capitalist roader
chlorobromides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlorobromide
Burich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Buriches
Etymology: Americanized spelling of Serbo-Croatian Burić.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
chlorocarbonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chloroformic acid.
synonyms: word: chloroformic acid
Burpo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Burpos
Etymology: Variant of Burpeau.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Burpos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Burpo
chlorochrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chloro- + ochrous.
Senses: glosses: Having a yellow-green colour
Buriches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Burich
Captain Queeg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Captain Queegs
Etymology: After a character in the 1951 novel The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk.
Senses: glosses: An irrationally oppressive and bad-tempered person.
wikipedia: The Caine Mutiny
Captain Queegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Captain Queeg
chlorococcine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That lacks both motility and the ability to divide into somatic cells
raw_tags: of an alga
meritorious mast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meritorious masts
Senses: topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: A modern version of the mast (naval disciplinary hearing) in which the commanding officer singles out a crewmember for formal discipline.
Cott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cotts
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Cotta.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
glosses: A small suburb of Dartington, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7861).
glosses: A hamlet by Weisdale Voe, Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU3749)
meritorious masts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meritorious mast
chloroformize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chloroformizes
form: chloroformizing
form: chloroformized
form: chloroformized
Etymology: From chloroform + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To treat with chloroform, typically in order to attenuate an antigen
Hofland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hoflands
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Hofland, from hof (“court”) + land (“land”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Hoflands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hofland
Cotts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cott
chloroformizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chloroformize
chloroformizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chloroformize
chloroformized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chloroformize
chloroformization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroformizations
Senses: glosses: The process of chloroformizing.
cliff lift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cliff lifts
Senses: examples: text: A branch of rail transport that seems to been rather neglected by historians is that concerned with cliff railways, of which a fair number exist in Great Britain. This is probably because these lines are overshadowed by the more spectacular funicular railways in Switzerland and other mountainous regions; perhaps, too, because of the general habit of referring to them as "cliff lifts," which tends to associate them with the vertical indoor type.
ref: 1951 August, P. W. Gentry, “Cliff Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 514:
topics: transport
synonyms: cliff railway
glosses: A funicular that runs between the top and the bottom of a cliff, usually at a seaside location.
glosses: A vertical lift or elevator serving the same purpose at some locations.
chloroformizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chloroformization
serial art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A style of art in which uniform elements or objects are assembled upon strict modular principles.
chlorogenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sapogenin, (1R,2S,4S,5'R,6R,7S,8R,9S,12S,13R,16S,18S,19S)-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icosane-6,2'-oxane]-16,19-diol, present in the soap plant (Chlorogalum pomeridianum)
cliff lifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cliff lift
chlorogenine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of alstonine.
synonyms: word: alstonine
Henricksen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Henricksens
Etymology: Variant of Henriksen.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Grasmick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Grasmicks
Etymology: Borrowed from German Grasmick.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
alstonine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alstonines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular indoloquinolizidine alkaloid found in Alstonia boonei and other plants.
Grasmicks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Grasmick
Henricksens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Henricksen
Ogossagou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Ogossagou.
Senses: glosses: A village in Mopti, Mali.
rug joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rug joints
Senses: glosses: Synonym of carpet joint.
synonyms: word: carpet joint
rug joints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rug joint
indoloquinolizidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indoloquinolizidines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterocyclic compound composed of an indole fused to a quinolizidine
carpet joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpet joints
Senses: examples: text: Most of the carpet joints were run by the mobsters and local henchmen associated with the Mayfield Road Gang, but Peter Schmidt's Playtorium and Glenn Rendezvous were also included.
ref: 2014, Paul A. Tenkotte, James C. Claypool, The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky, page 385:
synonyms: rug joint
coordinate_terms: sawdust joint
glosses: An attractive casino with decorative carpets, etc.
carpet joints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carpet joint
indoloquinolizidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indoloquinolizidine
chlorohydrocarbon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorohydrocarbons
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chloro derivative of a hydrocarbon
chlorohydrocarbons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlorohydrocarbon
antirhine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Antirhea + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid found in Antirhea putaminosa.
Bollé
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Bollé.
Senses: glosses: A town in Burkina Faso.
glosses: A village in Mopti, Mali.
xylopinine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A protoberberine alkaloid.
Binedama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Binedama.
Senses: glosses: A village in Mopti, Mali.
xylopine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An antimicrobial benzylisoquinoline alkaloid.
Golz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Golzes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Golz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Golzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Golz
chloromagnesite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A volcanic mineral, anhydrous magnesium chloride, found on Vesuvius
thalidastine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A protoberberine alkaloid related to berberastine.
chloropalladate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloropalladates
Etymology: From chloro- + palladate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion PdCl₆²⁻; any salt containing this anion
lysicamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An oxoaporphine alkaloid present in Lysichiton camtschatcense var. japonicum.
chlorophyllaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chlorophyllose.
synonyms: word: chlorophyllose
Derived terms: achlorophyllaceous
Olaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Olayas
form: Olayo
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Olaya, itself from Asturian Olaya, from Ancient Greek Εὐλαλία (Eulalía).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Olayas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Olaya
Bankass
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Bankass.
Senses: glosses: A town in Mopti, Mali.
Henriksens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Henriksen
Orejel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Orejels
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Orejel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Orejels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Orejel
catalytic war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catalytic wars
Senses: examples: text: By this definition, World War I was a catalytic war, set off by Serbia and Austria, which also had some overtones of "reciprocal fear of surprise attack" and "self-fulfilling prophecy," because the side which mobilized first was likely to win.
ref: 1966, Richard A. Falk, Saul H. Mendlovitz, The Strategy of World Order: Toward a theory of war prevention, page 30:
text: Indeed a catalytic war seems much more likely to be touched off by a desperate or vengeful power than an ambitious one.
ref: 1968, United States Air Force Academy. Department of Political Science, Mark E. Smith, American Defense Policy (page 91)
glosses: A war initiated by one party and continued by others.
catalytic wars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catalytic war
twey
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of two.
Day of the Dead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Mexican holiday, held on November 1 and 2, and associated with the Catholic celebrations of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day.
CCMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CCM
lumberwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lumberwoods
Etymology: From lumber + wood.
Senses: glosses: A forest from which wood is cut.
lumberwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lumberwood
skean dhu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skean dhus
form: skeans dhu
form: skean-dhu
Senses: examples: text: It strikes me that quite three-fourths of the shops of Inverness are devoted to the sale of articles of Highland costume. Their fronts are hidden by hangings of tartan cloth; the windows are decked with sporrans, dirks, cairngorm plaid-brooches, ram's head snuff[-]boxes, bullocks' horns and skean dhus.
ref: 1874 March, Archibald Forbes, “The Inverness Character Fair”, in The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume XII (New Series), London: Grant & Co., […], →OCLC, page 325:
text: The smith can take a hunk of metal and hammer it out to the desired shape. He can see the result of every hammer stroke. He knows before the job is finished whether the skull cracker, the skean dhu or stingaree is going to serve its purpose in a private or public bickering, or merely is a piece of scrap to be hidden in the clinkers, cinders and junk pile back of the forge or under the bellows.
ref: 1941 September, Pat Dwyer, “The Adventures of Bill”, in Frank G. Steinebach, editor, The Foundry, volume 69, number 9, Cleveland, Oh.: The Penton Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 78, column 1:
glosses: Alternative spelling of sgian dubh.
skean-dhu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skean-dhus
Senses: examples: text: The hasps, which were evidently intended to be secured by padlocks, had lost their fastenings, which were supplied by two skean-dhus—the small dagger of the Highlander—which had been thrust through the iron loops, and kept the casket perfectly water-tight.
ref: 1839, [George Robert Gleig], “Legends of the Lochs and Glens. No. I.—The Linn of the Caldron.”, in Bentley’s Miscellany, volume V, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 411:
text: It is to be noted that the Dagger does not become a regular feature of knightly accoutrement till the middle of the fourteenth century. [...] A very usual form, both in military and civilian circles, was the Ballok Knife (moderns term it a "kidney dagger"), a type that persisted till the sixteenth century, and whose modern analogue is the Highland dirk (skean-dhu).
ref: 1931, Francis M. Kelly, Randolph Schwabe, “‘Mixed’ Armour (Late)”, in A Short History of Costume & Armour, Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, published 2002, →ISBN, part II (Armour), pages 67–68:
glosses: Alternative spelling of sgian dubh.
skean-dhus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skean-dhu (alternative spelling of sgian dubhs)
skene-dhu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skene-dhus
Senses: examples: text: Give me my skene-dhu, and let me go on my road. I should have been half way to Stirling brig by this time—Give me my dirk, and let me go.
ref: 1827, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in Chronicles of the Canongate; […], volume I (The Two Drovers), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, page 302:
text: In another moment claymores and skene-dhus gleamed in the grasp of several uplifted hands; [...]
ref: 1831, Andrew Picken, “The Deer-stalkers of Glenskiach. A Highland Legend.”, in [Andrew Picken], editor, The Club-book: Being Original Tales, &c. […] (Harper’s Library of Select Novels; XIV), Harper’s stereotype edition, volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] J[ames] & J[ohn] Harper; […], →OCLC, chapter IX, page 133:
glosses: Alternative spelling of sgian dubh.
skene-dhus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skene-dhu
skene dhu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skene dhus
form: skenes dhu
form: skene-dhu
Senses: examples: text: [Y]oung Durward sprung lightly as the ounce up into the tree, drew from his pouch that most necessary implement of a Highlander or woodsman, the trusty skene dhu, and, calling to those below to receive the body on their hands, cut the rope asunder in less than a minute after he had perceived the exigency.
ref: 1823, [Walter Scott], “The Bohemians”, in Quentin Durward. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 129:
text: "Will you give me his name?" said Macgregor, "for we have skene dhus in this country." / "His name is John Van Eyck," said Van Dysart; "but as you are never likely to meet him, you can keep your skene dhu in your stocking."
ref: 1871, Henry Kingsley, chapter XVI, in Old Margaret. […], volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 236:
text: When I first saw engravings of these seals, I took Patrick's to bear the Skene coat, as always known since—three skenes, points upwards, bearing three wolves' heads. The blades show but little, but this could well be, even with skenes dhu, if they were pushed right up to the skull: the heads, however, are far too small.
ref: 1890 October, A. P. Skene, “Notes on the Origin of the Name, Family, and Arms of Skene”, in Scottish Notes and Queries, volume V, number 5, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire: D. Wyllie & Son, […], published 1891, →OCLC, section III (Origin of the Arms (continued)), page 86, column 1:
glosses: Alternative spelling of sgian dubh.
yongthe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yongthes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of youngth.
skene dhus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skene dhu (alternative spelling of sgian dubhs)
skenes dhu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skene dhu (alternative spelling of sgians dubh)
skean dhus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skean dhu (alternative spelling of sgian dubhs)
Parkside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Houghton Regis, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0224).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburban area and ward in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD2070).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet near Cleator Moor, Copeland borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0315).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Seaham, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4248)
glosses: A number of places in England:
A locality near Newton-le-Willows, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, where Parkside Colliery and Parkside railway station were situated; the rail junctions remain (OS grid ref SJ6095).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Stafford, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9125).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1630).
glosses: A hamlet in Rossett community, Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3755).
glosses: A suburb of Cleland, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8058).
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of San Francisco, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Camden, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Trenton, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A village in Rural Municipality of Leask No. 464, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A couple of places in Australia:
A suburb of Mount Isa, Queensland.
glosses: A couple of places in Australia:
A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
Nasta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nastas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Nasta.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
amoking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of amok
amoked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of amok
racy of the soil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more racy of the soil
head_nr: 1
form: most racy of the soil
head_nr: 1
form: racy of one's soil
Etymology: See racy senses 2 and 3. Popularised in Ireland in the slogan of The Nation (1842–1900) — "To create and foster public opinion in Ireland, and to make it racy of the soil" — adapted from a remark by Stephen Woulfe on the Irish Municipal Reform Bill. Similar earlier phrases were used by William Drennan in Letters of Orellana in 1785, and by Thomas Babington Macaulay in 1831.
Senses: examples: text: We have got such foreign and fantastic field sports as lawn-tennis, polo, croquet, cricket, and the like—very excellent, I believe, and health-giving exercises in their way, still not racy of the soil, but rather alien, on the contrary, to it, as are, indeed, for the most part the men and women who first imported and still continue to patronise them.
ref: 1884 December 24, Thomas Croke, “To Mr Michael Cusack, Honorary Secretary of the Gaelic Athletic Association”, in The Freeman’s Journal:
text: RTÉ pundit Joe Brolly echoed this concern from his racy-of-the soil redoubt in the weekend’s Mail on Sunday.
ref: 2014 April 19, Seán Moran, “Five-ish things the GAA can learn from the Sky television deal”, in The Irish Times:
head_nr: 1
glosses: Deeply connected to a place, especially Ireland; indigenous.
examples: text: In the hedge: ... purple loose-strife. (That our young maid's long purples call and literal shepherds give a grosser name. So racy of the soil!)
ref: 1924 Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not (Parade's End, Part 1) VI
text: Like the Church, the farmers exerted an unquestionable influence for the first 50 years of the State's existence. ... Just as to be truly Irish you had to be Catholic, you also had to be racy of the soil.
ref: 2003 January 7, Fintan O'Toole, “Farm demo is simply anti-change”, in The Irish Times:
head_nr: 1
glosses: Deeply connected to the land; rural or rustic; earthy.
hematogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hematogens
Etymology: From hemato- + -gen.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A dietary supplement rich in iron.
glosses: A nutrition bar containing such supplement.
racy of one's soil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more racy of one's soil
head_nr: 1
form: most racy of one's soil
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: racy of the soil of one's nation
high days and holidays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: special occasions.
canophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canophiles
Etymology: From Latin canis + -o- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: “I don’t know what all the fuss is about,” offered Pat in his pleasantest voice. “Even if I’d broken that paw off he’d still have three left, which is one better than you or me.” / “She looked at him then, a glare of hate under brows like a black-stone cliff. “You’ll know me again, won’t you?” Pat offered. / And so, in due course, she did. / “These canophiles!” sighed Pat, rejoining Jan on the bride. “It’s a disease really, particularly rampant in the British Isles, though not unknown in the States.” / “Cano—?” Her voice was still abstracted, as though her thought was far away. / “Canophiles—dog worshipers. Mind you, I’ve nothing against dogs so long as they’re not kept by people who will spell the word the wrong way around. Then they become a nuisance to the community.”
ref: 1963, Detective Book Club Selections, pages 11–12:
text: Overlooking, for the moment, people who have been bitten only once or twice (even a canophile can make a mistake), let us examine some revealing statistics about people who have been bitten three or more times.
ref: 1972, Raymond Hull, Man’s Best Fiend, New York, N.Y.: Hippocrene Books, published 1982, →ISBN, page 24:
text: Dogs in modern life did not fit neatly into the old categories. All dogs, it was argued by the canophiles, were guard dogs, whether living in an apartment or chained in a yard.
ref: 2007, David Goode, “At Play and Work: Some Reflections on Companion Dogs and Working Dogs”, in Playing with My Dog Katie: An Ethnomethodological Study of Dog–Human Interaction (New Discoveries in the Human-Animal Bond Series), Purdue University Press, →ISBN, “The Social Invention of Companion (“Pet”) Dogs”, page 107:
glosses: Synonym of cynophile.
synonyms: word: cynophile
Related terms: canophilia
canophilist
canophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canophile
telescriptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telescriptors
Senses: glosses: Synonym of teleprinter.
synonyms: word: teleprinter
Houghton Regis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin regis.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0224).
Rossett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and community in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3657).
Lolocausts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lolocaust
Mount Isa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Name derived from the Mount Ida Gold Mine in Western Australia.
Senses: glosses: A city and mining area in the Gulf Country of northern Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A local government area for the city and surrounding area in Queensland; in full, the City of Mount Isa.
chalkbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chalkbags
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chalk bag.
West Philadelphia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.