cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Very pistols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Very pistol
painted trillium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: painted trilliums
Senses: glosses: Trillium undulatum, native to eastern temperate North America.
Synonyms: sense: Trillium undulatum
word: painted lady
bacteriocidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacteriocidins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bactericidin.
bacteriocidins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacteriocidin
wild lily-of-the-valley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wild lilies-of-the-valley
Senses: glosses: Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense), native to northern and cooler eastern North America.
Synonyms: sense: Maianthemum canadense
word: Canadian May-lily
sense: Maianthemum canadense
word: false lily-of-the-valley
sense: Maianthemum canadense
word: Canadian lily-of-the-valley
sense: Maianthemum canadense
word: two-leaved solomonseal
early saxifrage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: early saxifrages
Senses: glosses: Micranthes virginiensis, native to eastern North America.
Synonyms: sense: Saxifraga virginiensis
word: Virginia saxifrage
sense: Saxifraga virginiensis
word: Saxifraga virginiensis
showy orchis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: showy orchises
Senses: glosses: Galearis spectabilis, native to eastern North America.
Synonyms: sense: Galearis spectabilis
word: Orchis spectabilis
sense: Galearis spectabilis
word: gay orchis
sense: Galearis spectabilis
word: purple orchis
sense: Galearis spectabilis
word: purple-hooded orchis
mutsuddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mutsuddies
form: mootsuddy
form: mutusuddy
form: muttasuddy
form: mootusudee
Etymology: From Urdu متصدی (mutaṣaddī, “accountant, clerk”)
Senses: examples: text: An embezzlement of government money to the extent of about Rs. 2,000 was discovered some time ago in the post-office here, between the baboo, mutsuddy and mohurrer.
ref: 1835 February 24, Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, page 104:
glosses: A native accountant in the British Raj.
mutsuddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mutsuddy
zenanah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zenanahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zenana.
amildars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amildar
amildar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amildars
Etymology: From Hindi [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A revenue collector having jurisdiction over several villages, in the British Raj.
zenanahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zenanah
namesaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of namesake
namesaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of namesake
tympanicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tympanic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being tympanic.
thioltransferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thioltransferase
naucrary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːkɹəɹi/
/ˈnɔːkɹɛɹi/
Forms: form: naucraries
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of the people of Attica.
naucraries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naucrary
narcissus-flowered anemone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narcissus-flowered anemones
Senses: glosses: Anemone narcissiflora, a herbaceous perennial.
Canada violet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Canada violets
Senses: glosses: Viola canadensis, native to most of temperate and cool North America.
Synonyms: sense: Viola canadensis
word: Canadian violet
sense: Viola canadensis
word: Canadian white violet
sense: Viola canadensis
word: tall white violet
sense: Viola canadensis
word: white violet
rose twisted-stalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Streptopus lanceolatus, native to much of cooler North America.
Synonyms: sense: Streptopus lanceolatus
word: Streptopus roseus
sense: Streptopus lanceolatus
word: rosy twisted stalk
sense: Streptopus lanceolatus
word: rosybells
sense: Streptopus lanceolatus
word: rose mandarin
sense: Streptopus lanceolatus
word: scootberry
sense: Streptopus lanceolatus
word: liverberry
sense: Streptopus lanceolatus
word: rose-bellwort
twisted-stalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twisted-stalks
form: twistedstalk
Senses: glosses: Streptopus, native to cooler North America.
Tyrtæan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tyrtæan
form: most Tyrtæan
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Tyrtaean.
Tyrtaean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tyrtaean
form: most Tyrtaean
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Ancient Greek poet Tyrtaeus
truthology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From truth + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The study of truth.
Winchcombe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnt͡ʃkəm/
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0228).
glosses: A surname.
Wallace Line
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Wallace Line
Etymology: From Wallace + line.
Named after Alfred Russel Wallace, who noticed this clear division during his travels through the East Indies in the 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: There are numerous species of bulbul in India, yet there are also numerous species of bulbul in China, Southeast Asia, and thence all the way eastwards to the Wallace Line.
ref: 2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1, pages 39–62:
synonyms: Wallace's Line
glosses: A faunal boundary line that separates the ecozones of Asia and Wallacea, a transitional zone between Asia and Australia.
wikipedia: en:Alfred Russel Wallace
Related terms: Wallacea
Wallacea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Wallace + -ia. Named after Alfred Russel Wallace; see Wallace Line.
Senses: examples: text: The Indonesian islands of Taliabu, Peleng and Batudaka are in a region named Wallacea, after Alfred Russel Wallace, the 19th-century naturalist who developed a theory of evolution alongside Charles Darwin’s.
ref: 2020 January 9, Karen Weintraub, “Trove of New Bird Species Found on Remote Indonesian Islands”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A group of mainly Indonesian islands separated by deep water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves.
wikipedia: en:Alfred Russel Wallace
Derived terms: Wallacean
Related terms: Wallace Line
undershrubbery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + shrubbery.
Senses: glosses: undershrubs generally
uniseriately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From uniseriate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a uniseriate manner.
grade sixer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grade sixers
Etymology: From grade six + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sixth grader.
synonyms: word: sixth grader
Coordinate terms: grade oner
grade twoer
grade three-er
grade fourer
grade fiver
grade sevener
grade eighter
grade niner
grade tener
grade elevener
grade twelver
grade thirteener
Related terms: grade six
grade 6
sixth grade
grade sixers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grade sixer
landfowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landfowl
form: landfowls
form: land-fowl
form: land fowl
Etymology: From land + fowl.
Senses: hypernyms: fowl#Noun
<
bird#Noun
<
animal#Noun
<
organism#Noun
species#Noun
coordinate_terms: waterfowl#Noun
glosses: Any of the heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds in the order Galliformes, which includes chickens, turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, grouse, quail, and other related species.
Related terms: game bird
gamefowl
poultry
wildfowl
atropoisomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atropoisomer
bibativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined circa 1843, by Orson Squire Fowler, as variant of earlier aquativeness (1843), by analogy with earlier alimentiveness (1828). From Latin bibō (“I drink”) + -ative (“related to”) + -ness (“the quality of”); compare Latin bibāx (“tending to drink”).
Senses: examples: text: Just in front of Alimentiveness, is one or more organs which create a love of drinking, bathing, sailing, &c., which might be called Aquativeness, or Bibativeness, or Thirst, as thought best.
ref: 1843, Orson Squire Fowler, Phrenology and physiology explained and applied to education, page 193:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
phrenology
psychology
sciences
glosses: penchant for drinking, love of liquids (not necessarily alcoholic), thirst.
wikipedia: Orson Squire Fowler
Synonyms: aquativeness
Coordinate terms: alimentiveness
Related terms: bibacious
bibation
bibulous
psychogerontologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychogerontologists
Etymology: From psycho- + gerontologist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies psychogerontology.
psychogerontologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychogerontologist
run dry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs dry
form: running dry
form: ran dry
form: run dry
Senses: examples: text: Last summer the river ran dry.
glosses: To become dry; to cease to flow with water.
examples: text: The beer soon ran dry so we cracked open a bottle of wine.
text: I used to write short stories, but these days my inspiration has run dry.
text: They're working forty hours, they got caught in the game / Like junkies runnin' dry / The vulnerability / Like junkies runnin' dry / They're always there on time / Like junkies runnin' dry / They can't be satisfied / Like junkies runnin' dry
ref: 1989, “Junkie's Runnin' Dry”, in Operation Ivy (CD), performed by Operation Ivy, Lookout Records, →OCLC:
text: There's nothing where he used to lie / My inspiration has run dry
ref: 1997, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, Phil Thornalley, “Torn”, in Left of the Middle, performed by Natalie Imbruglia:
text: If you are a marketer or an influencer and feel like your idea bank is running dry, then ChatGPT can serve as an excellent tonic to get your creative juices flowing.
ref: 2023 January 19, Zohaib Ahmed, “Here’s how ChatGPT can help you deal with boring tasks so you can focus on things that matter”, in The Indian Express:
text: The Government confirmed on September 12 that it was in discussions with Alstom over safeguarding around 2,000 jobs at the company's Derby factory. The move comes amid reports that the manufacturer's order book will run dry in early 2024, due to delays to the £2 billion contract for HS2.
ref: 2023 September 20, “Network News: Stop Press”, in RAIL, number 992, page 9:
glosses: To run out; to be fully consumed; to expire.
re-entrable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From re- + entrable.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: reentrant
prickly hornwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ceratophyllum muricatum, a freshwater plant, of cosmopolitan distribution.
Synonyms: sense: Ceratophyllum muricatum
word: Ceratophyllum demersum vars
sense: Ceratophyllum muricatum
word: coon's tail
sense: Ceratophyllum muricatum
word: rigid hornwort
sense: Ceratophyllum muricatum
word: common hornwort
aquativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Spencer Timothy Hall in 1843. From Latin aqua (“water”) + -ative (“related to”) + -ness (“the quality of”).
Senses: examples: text: 1843, The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, Volume 5, p. 193:
Just in front of Alimentiveness, is one or more organs which create a love of drinking, bathing, sailing, &c., which might be called Aquativeness, or Bibativeness, or Thirst, as thought best.
ref: 1843, Orson Squire Fowler, Phrenology and physiology explained and applied to education, page 193:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
phrenology
psychology
sciences
synonyms: bibativeness
qualifier: obscure
glosses: Love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
Related terms: aquatic
agatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: agatizations
Etymology: From agate + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The formation of agate.
Durbanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Durbanites
Etymology: From Durban + -ite.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of Durban in South Africa.
Durbanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Durbanite
agatizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agatization
bibation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibations
Etymology: From Latin bibō (“I drink”) + -ation (“act of”).
Senses: glosses: Drinking, act of drinking (especially alcohol), imbibing.
Synonyms: drinking
imbibing
tippling
Related terms: bibacious
bibativeness
bibulous
gubbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gub
gubbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gub
melamed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melamdim
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מְלַמֶד (“teacher”).
Senses: glosses: A religious teacher or instructor in general, especially in the Talmudic period.
qualifier: Orthodox Judaism
glosses: A rabbi who serves as a religious teacher of children.
melamdim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melamed
kahikatoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: Leptospermum scoparium, the manuka.
quooke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: His horses backe , yet to and fro long shooke ,
And tottred like two towres , which through a tempest quooke
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: simple past and past participle of quake
postschism
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + schism.
Senses: glosses: After a schism.
preschism
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + schism.
Senses: glosses: Before a schism.
upwrought
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more upwrought
form: most upwrought
Etymology: From up- + wrought.
Senses: examples: text: For a short time he served his father as timekeeper in a lumber yard in North Dakota — a miserable experience for him, as can readily be imagined. He came home unhappy, in a nervously upwrought state, began to shun his former associates […]
ref: 1934, Oscar W. Firkins, Memoirs and Letters:
glosses: wrought-up
williwau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: williwaus
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of williwaw.
williwaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of williwau
vibey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vibey
form: most vibey
form: viby
Etymology: From vibe + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Couples were dancing to the latest vibey music.
ref: 2006, Colleen Moroukian, Breaking Out:
antonyms: vibeless
glosses: Having a vibe; atmospheric and trendy.
glosses: Having positive vibes.
Derived terms: vibeyness
hydroxydione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydroxy- + dione.
Senses: glosses: A neuroactive steroid, used as a general anesthetic.
panda cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panda car
Réaumur scale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the French scientist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757).
Senses: glosses: A temperature scale on which 0 °C is 0 and 100 °C is 80.
glosses: A temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 and the alcohol mixture expands by 8% and boils at 80.
Coordinate terms: Celsius scale
Fahrenheit scale
Kelvin scale
Rankine scale
ingoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ingoers
Etymology: From in + goer.
Senses: examples: text: […]I should, if acting for the ingoer, claim a deduction of 25 per cent. from the table figures.
ref: 1907, The Surveyors' Institution, Transactions, volume 40, page 73:
text: In some cases the off-going crop belongs to the outgoer and the ingoer has to harvest and thrash, receiving the straw free for his labour, but the more common custom in a Lady Day tenancy is that the outgoer is paid the value of tillages and seed, and the crop belongs to the incomer.
ref: 1920, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Professional Notes, volume 26, page 175:
text: Shandy joined the ingoers and found out why.
ref: 1982, Charlotte MacLeod, Wrack and Rune, page 96:
glosses: One who or that which goes in, an incomer (as observed from an external or objective viewpoint).
Synonyms: sense: one who goes in
word: enterer
sense: one who goes in
word: incomer
ingoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ingoer
crescentchest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crescentchests
Etymology: From crescent + chest.
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of birds from South America, in the genus Melanopareia.
chapli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaplis
form: chappli
Senses: glosses: An Indian kind of sandal or slipper.
Derived terms: chapli kebab
chapli kabab
chaplis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chapli
shami kebabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shami kebab
crescentchests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crescentchest
rpd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iː
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of relative pointwise distance.
proof sheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proof sheet
cecocentral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsiːkəˈsɛntɹəl/
Forms: form: caecocentral
Etymology: From Latin caecus (“blind”) + central.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: of or relating to the blind spot and the central macular area
Synonyms: centrocecal
caecocentral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cecocentral.
centrocecal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛntɹəˈsiːkəl/
Forms: form: centrocaecal
Etymology: See cecocentral
Senses: glosses: cecocentral
centrocaecal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of centrocecal.
aerobuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerobus
pawkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔːkɪnəs/
Forms: form: pawkinesses
Etymology: From pawky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being pawky.
examples: text: But to wallow in your own phrases, to be rejoiced by the savour of your own shrewd pawkinesses, to feel your rhythm balanced and yet sober – that is a pleasure beyond most, and an inexpensive one at that.
ref: 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 12:
glosses: Something that is pawky; something arch or shrewd; a subtlety.
pawkinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pawkiness
placket hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: placket holes
Senses: examples: text: Are not trouse, and placket-holes, and pump-handles—and spigots and faucets, in danger still, from the same association?
ref: 1762, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, V.1:
text: ‘What is loathsome is all your fumbling in placket-holes and polysyllabic Justification by Love.
ref: 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 18:
glosses: A slit in a woman's outer skirt allowing access to pockets, items etc. kept inside.
placket holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of placket hole
swardspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sward + -speak.
Senses: glosses: gayspeak
Related terms: Swardspeak
parlorista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parloristas
Etymology: From Tagalog parlorista.
Senses: glosses: A low-income male homosexual who behaves in a feminine manner and stereotypically works in a beauty parlor.
parloristas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parlorista
Hindudom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hindu + -dom.
Senses: glosses: Hindu Rashtra.
glosses: Hindutva.
examples: text: [...] The Congress-minded Hindus, the worshippers of pseudo-Nationality would not only be of no use to you, but would actually try to combat you and try to put you into a false position by their willing surrender to the Moslem demands as Hindus. You should, therefore, try to mobilise your Forces and reserve whatever strength you can command for this defence of the integrity of India, which no one else but you alone may defend. You are the salt of Hindudom; but if the salt loses its flavour, with what shall it be salted? Independence of Hindusthan^([sic]) has no meaning at the cost of its fundamental integrity as a state and a nation. [...]
ref: 1949, Veer Savarkar, Hindu Rashtra Darshan, Hindu Rashtra Prakashan, page 124:
text: ‘Hinduise all politics and Militarise Hindudom!’
Hindu Dharm^([sic]) ki Jaya! Hindu Rashtra ki Jaya!
Vande Mataram
ref: 1949, Veer Savarkar, Hindu Rashtra Darshan, Hindu Rashtra Prakashan, page 127:
text: The Grammar of Hindudom lays out the historical and philosophical framework of Hindudom, the only ideology indigenous to India and Asia. [...]
ref: 2021, Prafull Goradia, The Grammar of Hindudom, Gyan Pod, page About The Book:
text: [...] Hindutva is used in the political sphere whereas Hindudom is written when dealing with the socio-economic-cum-political comprehensiveness. Remember, this is the only ideology which has grown from the soil and under the sky of Asia. All others are alien. [...]
ref: 2021 November 15, Prafull Goradia, “Hinduism, Hindutva and Hindudom”, in The Pioneer:
glosses: The realm or sphere of Hindus.
Sikhdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sikh + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The realm or sphere of Sikhs.
Rachmaninoffian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rachmaninoffian
form: most Rachmaninoffian
Etymology: From Rachmaninoff + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian: Серге́й Рахма́нинов; 1873–1943), Russian composer, pianist, and conductor.
Rachmaninovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rachmaninovian
form: most Rachmaninovian
Etymology: From Rachmaninov + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rachmaninoffian.
Pollard script
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Invented by Methodist missionary Sam Pollard.
Senses: glosses: An abugida loosely based on the Latin alphabet, designed for use with the Miao language A-Hmao.
r rotunda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑː.ɹəʊˈtʌn.də/
ipa: /ˌɑɹ.ɹoʊˈtʌn.də/
Forms: form: rs rotunda
form: rs rotundae
Etymology: From or representing Latin r rotunda (literally “round ‘r’”). The adjective rotunda is the feminine form of rotundus, inflected to agree with littera (“letter”), elliptically omitted (compare e caudata). The phrase is little attested in Latin, and might have been formed in English, or been borrowed from another language which formed it from those Latin roots.
Senses: examples: text: […] completely informed about the decisions made and the reasons to make them, e.g. r rotunda does not figure in the transcription as the use of straight r and r rotunda is governed by the preceding character and thus completely predictable.
ref: 1989, Arend Quak, Florus (Floor) Rhee, Palaeogermanica et onomastica., Rodopi, page 3
text: And certain geminated consonants are represented by capitals : ɢ, ɴ, ʀ, ꜱ. Does a form like haʀ mean a long r, or is it a scribal habit on the level of the usage of r rotunda, not straight r, after round letters? The occurrence of forms with -rr […]
ref: 2000, Anna A. Grotans, Heinrich Beck, Anton Schwob, De consolatione philogiae: studies in honor of Evelyn S. Firchow, volume 2, page 624:
text: The distinction between r rotunda and straight r has not been kept in the transcription, as the usage of r rotunda is predictable from the preceding character: r rotunda is used after round letters.
ref: 2017, Andrea de Leeuw van Weenen, editor, A Grammar of Möðruvallabók, BRILL, →ISBN, page 11:
topics: media
publishing
typography
coordinate_terms: straight r
glosses: A curved form of the letter r, found in some medieval and fraktur scripts: ⟨ ꝛ ⟩.
downconvert
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: downconverts
form: downconverting
form: downconverted
form: downconverted
Etymology: From down- + convert.
Senses: glosses: To convert (an audio or video signal, etc.) from a higher quality or resolution to a lower one.
downconverts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of downconvert
downconverting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of downconvert
SDTV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of standard-definition television.
Related terms: HDTV
Myceneans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mycenean
decentrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more decentrally
form: most decentrally
Etymology: From de- + centrally or decentral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a decentral (decentralized) manner; not centrally.
decentral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more decentral
form: most decentral
Etymology: From de- + central.
Senses: examples: text: This study was performed to measure the work activity components for the decentral pharmacy technician teams at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (UWH&C).
ref: 1982, Robert G. Swendrzynski, Work Sampling of Decentral Pharmacy Technicians:
glosses: Not central; decentralized.
Derived terms: decentrally
decentral planning
Hi-NRG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hi-NRG
Etymology: Phonetic respelling of high-energy.
Senses: examples: text: As a regular visitor to New York's Saint and resident at the newly opened Heaven in London, Levine also pioneered hi-NRG – the sound of gay dancefloors worldwide that was later co-opted by Stock, Aitken & Waterman and sold on as pre-teen pop.
ref: 2010, Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton, The Record Players: DJ Revolutionaries, Black Cat, →ISBN, page 81:
text: During the late 1980s Italo began fading away and some groups moved into the Hi-NRG genre, which combined high-paced Italo and house.
ref: 2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, Dance Music:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A style of uptempo disco or electronic dance music that originated in the United States and United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
OTJ
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: OTJ training
glosses: Initialism of on the job (during employment).
dame's rocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dame's rockets
Senses: glosses: A plant of the species Hesperis matronalis, native to Eurasia, naturalized elsewhere, often considered invasive.
Synonyms: sense: Hesperis matronalis
word: damask violet
sense: Hesperis matronalis
word: dame’s violet
sense: Hesperis matronalis
word: dames-wort
sense: Hesperis matronalis
word: dame’s gilliflower
sense: Hesperis matronalis
word: night-scented gilliflower
sense: Hesperis matronalis
word: queen’s gilliflower
sense: Hesperis matronalis
word: rogue’s gilliflower
sense: Hesperis matronalis
word: summer lilac
sense: Hesperis matronalis
word: sweet rocket
sense: Hesperis matronalis
word: mother-of-the-evening
sense: Hesperis matronalis
word: winter gilliflower
long-spurred violet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long-spurred violets
Senses: glosses: A plant of the species Viola rostrata, native to temperate eastern North America.
sessile bellwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sessile bellworts
Senses: glosses: A plant of the species Uvularia sessilifolia, native to eastern North America.
Synonyms: sense: Uvularia sessilifolia
word: wild oats
woodland blue phlox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodland blue phloxes
Senses: glosses: A plant of the species Phlox divaricata, native to eastern and central North America.
Synonyms: sense: Phlox divaricata
word: wild blue phlox
sense: Phlox divaricata
word: woodland phlox
sense: Phlox divaricata
word: wild sweet william
Khutsuri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Georgian ხუცური (xucuri).
Senses: glosses: An ecclesiastical Georgian writing system, combining Nuskhuri script with Asomtavruli illuminated capitals, principally used in hagiography, and currently supported by a few supporters.
divisionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: divisionists
Etymology: From division + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An artist who works in the style of divisionism.
glosses: One who supports division (of a territory, etc.).
divisionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of divisionist
chromoluminarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French chromo-luminarisme. See chromo- (“color”) and luminous. The style was believed to achieve greater luminosity than physically mixing pigments.
Senses: qualifier: painting
glosses: Synonym of divisionism.
synonyms: word: divisionism
freedpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freedperson
freedpersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freedperson
pointable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From point + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The SPOT satellite system is unique in that it has pointable mirrors which allow for flexible user-specified ground coverage. This high temporal resolution is important for monitoring dynamic events such as forest fires […]
ref: 1995, David L. Verbyla, Satellite Remote Sensing of Natural Resources:
glosses: Capable of being pointed, or turned to face something.
evergetisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evergetism
bollarded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bollard + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Furnished with bollards.
testpiece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: testpieces
Etymology: From test + piece.
Senses: glosses: A piece of material used as a sample in mechanical testing.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A difficult climb, one that tests the climber.
testpieces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of testpiece
interphrase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more interphrase
form: most interphrase
form: interphrasal
form: interphrastic
form: interphrasic
Etymology: From inter- + phrase.
Senses: glosses: Between or relating to different phrases.
Derived terms: interphrasally
interphrasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + phrasal.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of interphrase.
Derived terms: interphrasally
blazings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blazing
yokings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yoking
sloppings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slopping
ridgings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ridging
scoopings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scooping
rammings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ramming
snipings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sniping
romper room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: romper rooms
Etymology: From Romper Room, name of a children's television series. See romp.
Senses: glosses: A room where victims are tortured and murdered, associated with the Ulster Defence Association.
wikipedia: Romper Room
Derived terms: word: romper
romper rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of romper room
outcomings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outcoming
wellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welling
beggings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɡɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of begging
rehandle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rehandles
form: rehandling
form: rehandled
form: rehandled
Etymology: From re- + handle.
Senses: examples: text: Its author is still concerned primarily with man on earth, rehandling in a new perspective an ancient theme: that man, each man and all men, and all their works shall die.
ref: 1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 21:
text: Nevertheless, while keeping a close eye on Melissa's sleeping form, he managed to paw her clothing a second time. Only after he'd resqueezed and rehandled each piece of it did he conclude that the Mexican A was in the big zippered outer pocket of her bag.
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
glosses: To handle again.
glosses: To furnish with a new handle; to replace the handle of.
Related terms: rehandler
rehandling
rehandles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rehandle
rehandled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehandle
rehandler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rehandlers
Etymology: From rehandle + -er.
Senses: examples: text: After the war, black women continued to labor as “rehandlers,” sorting, stripping, stemming, and hanging tobacco leaves—all part of the redrying process.
ref: 2009, Jacqueline Jones, Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work, and the Family, from Slavery to the Present:
glosses: One who rehandles something.
rehandling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehandle
rehandling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rehandlings
Senses: examples: text: The minimization of the number of container rehandlings is, thus, the most important issue in this case.
ref: 2006, Cynthia Barnhart, Gilbert Laporte, Handbooks in Operations Research & Management Science: Transportation:
glosses: The act by which something is rehandled.
rehandlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rehandler
gashings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gashing
worm drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worm drive
worms and wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worm and wheel
crouchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaʊt͡ʃɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of crouching
plaitings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plaiting
prepucial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of preputial.
Dreiserian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Dreiserian
form: most Dreiserian
Etymology: From Dreiser + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945), American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school.
guidings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪdɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of guiding
varyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of varying
minialbum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minialbums
Etymology: From mini- + album.
Senses: examples: text: There were minialbums, midline albums — popular oldies, reissues, and new acts listing at $5.98. In total 5,375 new records were issued.
ref: 1986, R. Serge Denisoff, Tarnished Gold:
text: He set down the pictures and pulled out a minialbum. The first page was her senior picture, with her swirly handwriting documenting important events.
ref: 2011, Robin Caroll, In the Shadow of Evil:
glosses: A small or short album (in various senses).
minialbums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minialbum
minibudget
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minibudgets
form: mini-budget
Etymology: From mini- + budget.
Senses: examples: text: You can start these lessons by creating a minibudget with your children. Start with two spending lists: one for essentials and the other for nonessentials. In the essentials category, you might include expenses like lunch money and clothing.
ref: 2005, Virginia B. Morris, A Woman's Guide to Personal Finance:
text: Somehow, she managed her household with only a minibudget based on the family's share of farm crops, eggs, and livestock.
ref: 2007, Harold Flagg, GI Odyssey:
glosses: A small budget.
examples: text: Unions have reacted with fury to the prospect of the government scrapping a cap on bankers’ bonuses, as ministers geared up for a return to near-normal politics next week, topped by an emergency mini-budget on Friday.
ref: 2022 September 15, Peter Walker, Matthew Weaver, Aubrey Allegretti, “Kwarteng plan to lift cap on bankers’ bonuses infuriates unions”, in The Guardian:
topics: business
finance
government
politics
glosses: A budget statement proposed by a government between annual budgets, involving special economic measures.
minibudgets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minibudget
Randians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Randian
geolibertarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geolibertarians
Etymology: From geo- + libertarian.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of geolibertarianism.
geolibertarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geolibertarian
cosupervision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + supervision.
Senses: glosses: joint supervision, by more than one person
cosupervisor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosupervisors
Etymology: From co- + supervisor.
Senses: glosses: A joint supervisor; one who cosupervises.
cosupervisors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosupervisor
DVB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Digital Video Broadcasting.
glosses: Initialism of divinylbenzene.
ATSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Advanced Television Systems Committee.
telematically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From telematic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of telematics.
postvideo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + video.
Senses: examples: text: Using this kind of material aims fundamentally at providing postvideo follow-up tasks with the teacher taking the essential role of mediator. He or she is responsible for integrating those images into a didactic unit […]
ref: 2008, Diana Silberman-Keller, Mirror Images: Popular Culture and Education:
glosses: After the showing of a video recording.
beamings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beaming
resolvings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resolving
hyperworld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperworlds
Etymology: From hyper- + world.
Senses: glosses: A virtual world of hypermedia.
hyperworlds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperworld
js
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of j
js
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Acronym of just saying.
glosses: Abbreviation of just.
heterosociality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hetero- + sociality.
Senses: examples: text: Gagnon (1990; Gagnon & Simon, 1973) proposed important and relevant differences in sexual scripts stemming from women's socialisation into heterosociality before heterosexuality, in contrast to men's socialisation into masturbation and heterosexuality before heterosociality.
ref: 2002, Barrie Gunter, Media Sex: What are the Issues?, →ISBN, page 67:
text: Potkay is noticing much the same thing, I suspect, when he opposes the polite heterosociality of eighteenth-century conversation, […]
ref: 2013, Chris Mounsey, Developments in the Histories of Sexualities, →ISBN, page 245:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Social interaction between men and women.
Related terms: heterosocial
heterosocially
heterosociability
heterosocial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hetero- + social.
Senses: examples: text: At present, there is a clear need for controlled studies of the effectiveness of treatment procedures with clinical populations of college students experiencing heterosocial problems […]
ref: 1979, Research and Practice in Social Skills Training, →ISBN, page 176:
text: In practice, however, the line between heterosocial and heterosexual relationships is rarely seen as rigid and impenetrable. Instead, male-female friendships are often seen — by others if not by the participants — as having sexual and romantic potential. In contrast, much social effort goes into maintaining the line between homosocial and homosexual relationships […]
ref: 2003, Barbara J. Bank, Contradictions in Women's Education, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: Pertaining to heterosociality, to social interaction with the opposite sex.
Derived terms: heterosociality
heterosocially
apportionings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apportioning
writting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: writtings
Senses: examples: text: Theſe differences in one ſame language do comonly grow among the common people, and ſomtimes vpon the parents mitiating the ill pronountiation of their young childeren, and of ill pronountiation, laſtly enſueth ill writting.
ref: 1628, Richard Verstegan, A Restitvtion of Decayed Intelligence: In antiquities., London: Iohn Bill, page 195:
glosses: Obsolete form of writing.
writtings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of writting
friskings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪskɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of frisking
KYC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: /keɪ waɪ ˈsiː/
Senses: examples: text: At this level, global mobility for VIPs should require an awful lot of KYC—short for “Know your client”, which can refer to a litany of identity and anti-money laundering checks—cautions Gavin Ball.
ref: 2023 October 28, Mark Ellwood, “From utility bills to Aston Martins”, in FT Weekend, House & Home, page 2:
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of know your customer/client.
Related terms: KYB
pi-jaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaɪdʒɔː/
Etymology: From pi (“pious, sanctimonious”) + jaw.
Senses: examples: text: I'll admit for the moment that you aren't giving me pi-jaw.
ref: 1924 April, Ford Madox Ford, chapter II, in Some Do Not … […] (Parade’s End; 1), 2nd edition, London: Duckworth and Company […], published June 1924, →OCLC, part 1, page 45:
text: Adrian thought it worth while to try out his new slang. ‘I say, you fellows, here's a rum go. Old Biffo was jolly odd this morning. He gave me a lot of pi-jaw about slacking and then invited me to tea. No rotting! He did really.’
ref: 1991, Stephen Fry, chapter III, in The Liar, London: William Heinemann, →ISBN, page 26:
glosses: Lecturing or patronizing talk, especially from an adult to a child.
pyore
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pure.
lethal chamber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lethal chambers
Senses: examples: text: When the fourteen years which Nature permits, Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits, And the vet's unspoken prescription runs, To lethal chambers or loaded guns
ref: 1909, Rudyard Kipling, "The Power of the Dog":
glosses: A gas chamber, especially one used for euthanizing animals.
lethal chamber
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lethal chambers
form: lethal chambering
form: lethal chambered
form: lethal chambered
Senses: examples: text: "They ought to be lethal-chambered, nasty little sewer-rats, one of 'em's saved them the trouble at any rate."
ref: 1913, Oliver Onions, The Story of Louie:
text: ‘And at once he'll be on his high-horse – he knows everything! – and he'll prove, prove, that all unhealthy children must be lethal-chambered or the world will go to pieces.’
ref: 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 39:
glosses: To execute (someone) by means of lethal chamber.
lethal chambered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lethal chamber
director musices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: directores musices
Etymology: Direct loan from Latin ("music director")
Senses: glosses: A title held by music directors especially at European universities or cathedrals; sometimes also at cathedral schools.
yeg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yegs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yegg.
yegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yeg
pipe fitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipe fitters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pipefitter.
tusslings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tussling
dazzlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dazzling
picketings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picketing
xanith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xaniths
form: xanith
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of khanith.
xaniths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xanith
khanith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khaniths
form: khanith
form: xanith
Etymology: From Arabic خَنِيث (ḵanīṯ).
Senses: glosses: A person in Oman who was assigned male at birth and who has a feminine gender identity or gender expression, such as a trans woman or a gay man.
Related terms: mukhannath
khaniths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khanith
formings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forming
chafferings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaffering
treatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treating
hurryings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hurrying
hirsels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hirsel
herdings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herding
towerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of towering
dysesthesiae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dysesthesia
foundings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaʊndɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of founding
information engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: information engines
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
thermodynamics
glosses: A theoretical engine that converts information into energy for use in work, decreasing heat entropy in the process.
examples: text: As one of its engineers blogged in 2012, Google was transforming itself from an “information engine” to a “knowledge engine.”
ref: 2021, Michele Kennerly et al., editors, Information, Columbia University Press, →ISBN:
qualifier: data processing
glosses: A data processor.
Related terms: heat engine
Maxwell's demon
Szilard's engine
Mandal-Jarzynski model
Balfourian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Balfourian
form: most Balfourian
Etymology: From Balfour + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Arthur Balfour (1848–1930), British Conservative politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from July 1902 to December 1905.
flitterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flittering
subepidemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪk
Etymology: From sub- + epidemic.
Senses: coordinate_terms: epidemic#Adjective
hyperepidemic#Adjective
pandemic#Adjective
glosses: Less than epidemic.
raw_tags: of disease incidence