cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pocket veto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocket vetoes
form: pocket vetos
Senses: glosses: A (de facto) veto of a bill by the US President by restricting Congressional action on the bill, as, figuratively, by carrying the bill in his pocket until the deadline for signing it has passed.
slop-jar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slop-jars
Senses: examples: text: "All you fit to do is be Shug's maid... Take out her slop jar, maybe cook her food. You ain't even that good a cook."
ref: 1985, The Color Purple, 01:58:40:
text: "The stage ought to be here," said Miranda, glancing nervously at the tall clock for the twentieth time. "I guess everything's done. I've tacked up two thick towels back of her washstand and put a mat under her slop-jar; but children are awful hard on furniture. I expect we sha'n't know this house a year from now."
ref: 1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm:
glosses: A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or convenient to use a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences that were without an indoor toilet or bathroom.
Synonyms: bedpan
slop-basin
slop-bowl
slop-pail
chamber pot
loo
slop-basin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slop-basins
Etymology: From slop + basin.
Senses: glosses: A container used for urinating or defecating when it is impossible or inconvenient to go to a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences, particularly those without an indoor toilet or bathroom.
glosses: A bowl for receiving the leavings of tea or coffee cups at table
Synonyms: bedpan
slop-jar
slop-bowl
slop-pail
chamber pot
loo
slop-bowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slop-bowls
Etymology: From slop + bowl.
Senses: glosses: Part of a traditional tea set, used to empty the cold tea and dregs in tea cups before refilling with hot tea. Usually pottery or silver.
glosses: A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or inconvenient to go to a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences, particularly those without an indoor toilet or bathroom.
examples: text: A slop-bowl full of strong tea, together with bread, and butter, and eggs, was produced for him in the morning, and he expected that at whatever hour he might arrive in the evening, some food should be presented to him wherewith to satisfy the cravings of nature; if, in addition to this, he had another slop-bowl of tea in the evening, he got all that he ever required, or all, at least, that he ever demanded.
ref: 1858, Anthony Trollope, “Chapter III”, in Doctor Thorne. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A large teacup, used especially at breakfast time
Synonyms: bedpan
slop-jar
slop-basin
slop-pail
chamber pot
loo
gley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡleɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: gleys
form: glei
Etymology: 1920s, from Ukrainian ґлей (glej, “clayey soil”), from Proto-Slavic *glьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁y-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Cognate of clay.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
Synonyms: gleysol
gleisol
Derived terms: gleization
gleyed
gleied
gleyic
gleying
gleiing
gleysolic
pseudogley
gley
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡleɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: gleys
form: gleying
form: gleyed
form: gleyed
form: glei
Etymology: 1920s, from Ukrainian ґлей (glej, “clayey soil”), from Proto-Slavic *glьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁y-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Cognate of clay.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: To be converted into this kind of soil.
gley
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡleɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: gleys
form: gleying
form: gleyed
form: gleyed
Etymology: From Scots.
Senses: examples: text: “Muckle lang gleyed Sanny Fite,” shouted the stranger
ref: 1800, Banffshire:
glosses: To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.
Related terms: agley
slop-pail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slop-pails
Senses: glosses: A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or convenient to use a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences that were without an indoor toilet or bathroom.
Synonyms: bedpan
slop-jar
slop-basin
slop-bowl
chamber pot
loo
country wife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: country wives
Senses: glosses: A fur trader's First Nations or Métis common-law wife.
cover girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cover girls
form: cover-girl
Senses: examples: text: Whether it's in next-to-nothing swimsuits in Sports Illustrated or starring in ex-husband Billy Joel's rock videos or in countless boldface tabloid mentions, the quintessential California blond cover girl has become a fixture on the cultural landscape.
ref: 2008 July 2, Frank Eltman, “Christie Brinkley divorce trial set to begin”, in Associated Press, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2008:
text: She's sitting opposite a window that's gently breezing into her face, wafting her hair into cover-girl perfection and when I joke about this she roars with laughter.
ref: 2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this...' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
glosses: An attractive, usually well-known, female model whose image has been featured on one or more magazine covers.
cover someone's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: covers someone's ass
form: covering someone's ass
form: covered someone's ass
form: covered someone's ass
Senses: examples: text: Killian kept the files because "he was trying to cover his ass," Via said. "He was always worried something would come back on him."
ref: 2004 September 14, Jim Drinkard, Dave Moniz, “Secretary: Memos are forgeries”, in USA Today:
glosses: To make preparations or take precautions to ensure that a person is not blamed or punished for his or her conduct.
Derived terms: CYA
creature feature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creature features
Senses: examples: text: "Godzilla" is one of the classic creature features.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A horror film in which one or more monsters plays a prominent role.
Synonyms: monster movie
newel posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newel post
nictitating membranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nictitating membrane
niche markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of niche market
nibblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nibbler
nose flutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nose flute
note values
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of note value
news tickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of news ticker
hypermiling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪpəmaɪlɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈhaɪpɚmaɪlɪŋ/
Etymology: From hyper- + mile + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Hypermiling, the art of driving your car so it delivers better fuel economy than the manufacturer's official figures, began in the US as a wacky journey taken by obsessives such as Wayne Gerdes, who coined the phrase and has averaged more than 180mpg in a hybrid Honda Insight.
ref: 2008 July 3, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian, G2, p. 3:
text: Yahya Fahimuddin got tired of spending $60 to fill his Jeep, so he bought an old Honda Insight hybrid and took up hypermiling
ref: 2008 June 10, Chuck Squatriglia, “Hypermilers Push the Limits of Fuel Efficiency”, in Wired News:
text: For example, in the U.K., where a gallon of gasoline currently costs around $5.60, hypermiling could save the average driver doing 8,000 miles in a 33 mpg car around $500 a year, according to Gerdes.
ref: 2016 July 21, Jacopo Prisco, “How ‘hypermiling’ can save you a lot of fuel (and the planet)”, in CNN:
synonyms: ecodriving
glosses: Driving a motor vehicle slowly so as to maximize fuel efficiency.
Related terms: hypermiler
nuclear airbursts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear airburst
nuclear winters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear winter
nodders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nodder
naval architects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naval architect
nicotinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nicotinist
number signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of number sign
national revivals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of national revival
national holidays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of national holiday
nutbowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutbowl
nabobesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nabobess
ultraists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultraist
narutards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of narutard
nartjies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nartjie
national anthems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of national anthem
oxters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxter
spitting spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spitting spider
recluse spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recluse spider
nursery web spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nursery web spider
rock spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rock spider
tangled nest spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tangled nest spider
tappets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tappet
tallets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tallet
planeteers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planeteer
pitchmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitchman
picoseconds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picosecond
phase modulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phase modulator
pharmacognosists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pharmacognosist
pharyngoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pharyngoscope
pet doors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pet door
nativists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nativist
namers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of namer
nailers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nailer
megalopolitans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megalopolitan
tea wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tea wagon
toilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toiler
tool-pushers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tool-pusher
toolpushers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toolpusher
toll roads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toll road
toe rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toe ring
tortoiseshell cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tortoiseshell cat
trade unionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trade unionist
trade names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trade name
trade newspapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trade newspaper
scops owls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scops owl
scorpionflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scorpionfly
scenic routes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scenic route
muscardines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muscardine
multiplicative operations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiplicative operation
mobots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mobot
monocotyledons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monocotyledon
mullens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mullen
motivators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motivator
modes of thought
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mode of thought
mission statements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mission statement
mini-motos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mini-moto
minneolas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minneola
minimotos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minimoto
mingle-mangles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mingle-mangle
road roller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road rollers
form: road-roller
form: roadroller
Senses: synonyms: steamroller
glosses: A heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt in the construction of roads.
road rollers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of road roller
Betten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bettens
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch and North German Betten.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
custard cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: custard creams
Senses: coordinate_terms: gypsy cream
glosses: A biscuit consisting of a soft, custard-flavoured layer sandwiched between two crisp biscuits.
mathematical statistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The study of statistics from a purely mathematical standpoint, using probability theory, measure theory, linear algebra and analysis.
inferential statistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A branch of statistics studying statistical inference—drawing conclusions about a population from a random sample drawn from it, or, more generally, about a random process from its observed behavior during a finite period of time.
statistical inference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: statistical inferences
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The drawing of conclusions about a population from a random sample drawn from it, or, more generally, about a random process from its observed behavior during a finite period of time.
applied statistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.
ordinal scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ordinal scales
Senses: glosses: A scale whose values can be compared; formally, a scale whose set of values is totally ordered.
Related terms: ordinal variable
war veterans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war veteran
war veteran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: war veterans
Senses: hypernyms: veteran
<
person#Noun
glosses: A person who has served in the armed forces during a war, as contrasted with one who served entirely during peacetime.
Related terms: word: VFW
word: warfighter
english: usually hyponymous
translation: usually hyponymous
word: war hero
word: warhorse
word: warrior
Sibylla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: If I live to be as old as Sibylla, I will die as chaste as Diana
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek of historical use; the Latin form of Sibyl.
physical quantity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physical quantities
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A physical property that can be measured or calculated from other physical property and expressed as the product of a numerical value and a physical unit.
freta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fretum
Dunstan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the name of a 10th century Archbishop of Canterbury, from Old English dunn (“dark”) + stān (“stone”).
Senses: examples: text: "Let me do one thing more for you," she said. "Let me rename you. How on earth did you ever get yourself called Dunstable?"
"My mother's maiden name," said I. "Lots of people in Canada get landed with their mother's maiden name as a Christian name. But what's wrong with it?"
"It's hard to say, for one thing," said she, "and it sounds like a cart rumbling over cobblestones. You'll never get anywhere in the world named Dumbledum Ramsay. Why don't you change it to Dunstan? St. Dunstan was a marvellous person and very much like you - mad about learning, terribly stiff and stern and scowly, and an absolute wizard at withstanding temptation.
ref: 1970, Robertson Davies, Fifth Business, →ISBN, pages 96–97:
glosses: A male given name from Old English.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Nordic skiing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: cross-country skiing, especially as competitive sport.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: nordic skiing, including cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping.
Derived terms: para nordic skiing
telecon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telecons
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of teleconference.
glosses: Syllabic abbreviation of telephone conversation.
totally ordered set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: totally ordered sets
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: A set having a specified total order.
confounding variable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confounding variables
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: An extraneous variable in a statistical model that correlates (positively or negatively) with both the dependent variable and the independent variable.
Synonyms: confounding factor
extraneous variable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extraneous variables
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A random variable that is not an independent variable and may bear any effect on the behaviour of the subject being studied.
experimental design
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The design of all information-gathering exercises where variation is present, whether under the full control of the experimenter or not.
quakerbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quakerbird
quellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queller
rain trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rain tree
reavers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reaver
quindecagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quindecagon
squitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squitter
rerailers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rerailer
revertants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revertant
ricers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ricer
rectoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rectoscope
riggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rigger
retrievers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retriever
quadragenerians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadragenerian
watt-hour meters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watt-hour meter
backfile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backfiles
Etymology: From back + file.
Senses: glosses: A file of documents in paper or fiche format that have no digital equivalent.
glosses: A file containing non-current items.
Derived terms: backfile conversion
backfile conversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backfile conversions
Senses: glosses: The scanning of a backfile and subsequent saving in a digital format.
biometal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biometals
Etymology: From bio- + metal.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any metal that has a biochemical function.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any metal that has a biochemical function.
One of the principal ones (calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, or copper), as opposed to trace ones (such as lithium).
Derived terms: biometallic
bioprocessing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + processing.
Senses: glosses: The processing of something using a biological agent.
glosses: The processing of something to yield a biological material.
Related terms: bioprocess
cohesin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /koʊˈhisən/
Forms: form: cohesins
Etymology: From cohesion + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins responsible for binding the sister chromatids during mitosis
Derived terms: intercohesin
intracohesin
deglycosylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + glycosylated.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a glycoside (but especially a glycoprotein) from which the sugar entity has been removed
Related terms: deglycosylation
glycosylated
deglycosylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deglycosylations
Etymology: From de- + glycosylation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The removal of the sugar entity from a glycogen (but especially from a glycoprotein)
Related terms: deglycosylated
glycosylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glycosylate
glycosylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a glycoside (but especially a glycoprotein) that has the sugar entity intact
Derived terms: aglycosylated
deglycosylated
diglycosylated
hyperglycosylated
hypoglycosylated
misglycosylated
monoglycosylated
nonglycosylated
overglycosylated
polyglycosylated
tetraglycosylated
triglycosylated
underglycosylated
unglycosylated
glycoarray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycoarrays
Etymology: From glyco- + array.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A microarray of carbohydrates or glycosides.
herpesvirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herpesviruses
Etymology: From herpes + virus.
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Any of the family Herpesviridae, double-stranded DNA viruses, many of which are responsible for diseases such as chickenpox, herpes simplex, and shingles, and others affecting animals.
Hyponyms: alt: mononucleosis
word: Epstein-Barr virus
alt: HSV
word: herpes simplex virus
english: chickenpox, shingles
translation: chickenpox, shingles
alt: VZV
word: varicella zoster virus
Derived terms: antiherpesvirus
gammaherpesvirus
herpesviral
homodimerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homodimerizations
Etymology: From homodimer + -ization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction leading to the formation of a homodimer.
homoiotherm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homoiotherms
form: homeotherm
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any warm-blooded animal
Related terms: homoiothermal
homoiothermic
homoiothermy
insertional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From insertion + -al.
Senses: glosses: That involves insertion.
Derived terms: insertional inactivation
insertionally
insertional mutagenesis
noninsertional
bubale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubales
Etymology: PIE word
 *gʷṓws
From Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Doublet of buffalo and buffle.
Senses: glosses: Any of several North African antelopes of the genus Alcelaphus.
glosses: Any of several African buffalos of the genus Bubalus.
kovsh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kovshes
form: kovshi
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian ковш (kovš).
Senses: glosses: A Russian ladle or drinking bowl
lacmus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Dutch lakmoes, from lak (“lac”) + moes (“pulp”).
Senses: glosses: Litmus, orchil.
crib note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crib notes
Etymology: From crib + note.
Senses: examples: text: The brains in Spain stay mainly on the plain of honorable cheating in the universities. . . . Some crib notes were submitted attached to all manner of haberdashery and footwear (usually pasted on insteps).
ref: 1956 May 28, “Spanish Cutlets”, in Time:
text: A "mole" working for Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign purloined Jimmy Carter's crib notes shortly before the 1980 campaign debates.
ref: 1983 August 6, “The Real Scandal”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
glosses: A brief reminder or item of information written on a slip of paper or in a concealable place such as on one's arm, as an aid for a public speaker or for use by a student or other person cheating during an examination.
Synonyms: cheat sheet
Related terms: crib sheet
latently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more latently
form: most latently
Etymology: From latent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a latent manner
glosses: secretly
glosses: invisibly
Phi Bete
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Phi Bete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Phi Betes
Senses: glosses: A member of that society.
Phi Betes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Phi Bete
avizandum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avizandums
Etymology: From Late Latin avizō (“consider”), from Latin a + vīsō (“look carefully”).
Senses: examples: text: The judge made avizandum with the cause.
topics: law
glosses: time for a judge to consider a case and reach a decision.
unionise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unionises
form: unionising
form: unionised
form: unionised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of unionize.
unionises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unionise
unionising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unionise
spell out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spells out
form: spelling out
form: spelled out
form: spelled out
form: spelt out
form: spelt out
Senses: examples: text: He used Scrabble tiles to spell out “I LOVE YOU”.
glosses: To form (a word) from letters; say the letters in a word.
examples: text: To avoid crypticness for nonexpert readers, she spelled out the phrase, so that "tips about PrEP in the context of OHS for HCPs" became "tips about preexposure prophylaxis in the context of occupational health and safety for health care professionals".
qualifier: when writing or editing
glosses: To replace an acronym with its expansion.
examples: text: Here is a brochure that spells out the benefits.
text: Dany has never had a full vision for what happens once she obtains the Iron Throne, but that’s what her advisors, including Tyrion and Varys, are for. And the show has never exactly spelled out Jon’s platform beyond “stay alive,” so he’d also require a small council.
ref: 2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2021:
text: Last weekend, President Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, responded that any nuclear weapon use would result in “catastrophic consequences” for Russia, adding that in private communications with Moscow, the United States had “spelled out” how America and the world would react.
ref: 2022 October 1, David E. Sanger, Anton Troianovski, Julian E. Barnes, “In Washington, Putin’s Nuclear Threats Stir Growing Alarm”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To explain in clear and simple terms; to be explicit.
Derived terms: word: spell it out
word: spellout
word: spell things out
Related terms: in words of one syllable
spoon-feed
metonymously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more metonymously
form: most metonymously
Etymology: From metonymous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of metonymically, by means of metonymy.
synonyms: word: metonymically
word: by means of metonymy
metonymous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metonymous
form: most metonymous
Etymology: From metonymy + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of metonymic, using or related to metonymy.
synonyms: word: metonymic
word: using or related to metonymy
Derived terms: metonymously
metonymically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more metonymically
form: most metonymically
Etymology: From metonymic + -ally and metonymical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a metonymic fashion; using metonymy.
Synonyms: sense: in a metonymic fashion
word: metonymously
Coordinate terms: as it were
figuratively
metaphorically
synecdochically
masterclass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masterclasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of master class.
metallomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From metallome + -ics.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The study of the complete metallome of an organism
Related terms: metallomic
metallome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metallomes
Etymology: From metallo- + -ome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: All the biologically active compounds of an organism that contain a metal atom
Related terms: metallomic
metallomics
minichromosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minichromosomes
Etymology: From mini- + chromosome.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A structure, resembling chromatin, formed from the DNA of a virus and histones from the host.
neurotrophin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurotrophins
Etymology: From neuro- + -troph + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of proteins that stimulate the growth of nerve cells
Hyponyms: brain-derived neurotrophic factor
nerve growth factor
neurotrophin-3
neurotrophin-4
Derived terms: microneurotrophin
multineurotrophin
proneurotrophin
peptidyl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to peptides
Derived terms: endopeptidyl
monopeptidyl
nonpeptidyl
peptidylarginine
peptidyldipeptidase
peptidyl-glycinamidase
peptidylprolyl
peptidyl-prolyl bond
peptidyltransferase
peptidyl transferase
polypeptidyl
telopeptidyl
rapamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɹæp.əˈmaɪ.sɪn/
Etymology: From Rapa Nui Rapa (Nui) (“Easter Island”) + -mycin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of sirolimus.
transcriptionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transcriptional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With regard to transcription (of genes etc)
Derived terms: posttranscriptionally
trigeminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪˈd͡ʒɛm.ɪn.l̩/
rhymes: -ɛmɪnəl
Etymology: From Latin trigeminus (“threefold, triple, triform”) + -al, equivalent to tri- + geminal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the trigeminal nerve (the fifth cranial nerve).
Derived terms: cervicotrigeminal
encephalotrigeminal
extratrigeminal
intertrigeminal
juxtatrigeminal
nasotrigeminal
paratrigeminal
pretrigeminal
spinotrigeminal
subtrigeminal
supratrigeminal
trigeminal ganglion
trigeminally
trigeminal nerve
trigeminal neuralgia
trigeminal vein
trigemino-
trigeminal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪˈd͡ʒɛm.ɪn.l̩/
rhymes: -ɛmɪnəl
Forms: form: trigeminals
Etymology: From Latin trigeminus (“threefold, triple, triform”) + -al, equivalent to tri- + geminal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of trigeminal nerve.
tumorigenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tumorigenicities
Etymology: From tumorigenic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being tumorigenic.
glosses: The extent to which a substance is tumorigenic.
trigeminal nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trigeminal nerves
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
synonyms: fifth cranial nerve
fifth nerve
meronyms: ophthalmic nerve
maxillary nerve
mandibular nerve
coordinate_terms: olfactory nerve
optic nerve
oculomotor nerve
trochlear nerve
abducens nerve
facial nerve
vestibulocochlear nerve
glossopharyngeal nerve
vagus nerve
accessory nerve
hypoglossal nerve
glosses: Each of the fifth and largest pair of cranial nerves responsible for sensation and motor function in the face and mouth.
fifth cranial nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fifth cranial nerves
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: trigeminal nerve
Synonyms: fifth nerve
honokiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From honoki + -ol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound (a dimer of allyl phenol) found in Magnolia grandifloris, used in traditional Japanese medicine as an as an anxiolytic, anti-thrombotic, anti-depressant, anti-emetic, and anti-bacterial. Used in Western medicine as a potent anti-tumorigenic and neurotrophic compound.
parsondom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːsʌndəm/
Etymology: From parson + -dom.
Senses: glosses: parsons collectively; the world of parsons, i.e. the established church
job shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: job shops
Senses: glosses: A business or facility specializing in the manufacture or fabrication of parts in relatively small quantities, produced to the specifications or requirements supplied by the customer.
qualifier: production management
glosses: A production unit that processes jobs each of which requires processing at multiple workstations, in any order, which processing may vary in time taken at each workstation.
glosses: An agency that supplies technical personnel usually on short-term temporary contracts.
Synonyms: sense: supplier of technical personnel on temporary basis
word: body shop
Related terms: batch processing
sacralization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪkɹəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: form: sacralizations
Etymology: From sacralize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The spirituality of hunters and gatherers is a sacralization of everyday life, but once we move to maintain a formal priesthood, we also move to split experience into the sacred and the profane.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 153:
text: The sacralization of arbitrary lines on a map may seem illogical, but there is a rationale to the respecting of norms, even arbitrary and unjustifiable ones.
ref: 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 313:
glosses: The endowment of something with sacred qualities; making sacred.
glosses: A developmental abnormality in which the first sacral vertebra becomes fused with the fifth lumbar veterbra.
Related terms: sacralize
foreign accent syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foreign accent syndromes
Senses: examples: text: A Baltimore man suddenly began speaking with a Scandinavian accent after suffering a stroke. . . . The man had "foreign accent syndrome," a rare condition in which a brain malfunction produces speech alterations that sound like a foreign accent.
ref: 1991, Gerard L. Ervin, “MLJ News & Notes of the Profession”, in The Modern Language Journal, volume 75, number 2, page 225:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
neurology
neuroscience
psychology
sciences
glosses: An extremely rare disorder, which may be temporary or permanent, in which a person who has suffered a stroke or other brain trauma recovers but subsequently speaks with a seemingly foreign accent.
Hypernyms: speech impediment
foreign accent syndromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The papers in this special issue have amply demonstrated the value of studying the foreign accent syndromes (with emphasis on their plurality)—in terms of both theoretical and practical (i.e. research and clinical) issues.
ref: 2006, Jennifer M. Gurda, John S. Coleman, “Foreign accent syndrome: Best practice, theoretical issues and outstanding questions”, in Journal of Neurolinguistics, volume 14, number 5, page 424:
glosses: plural of foreign accent syndrome
kanoodles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kanoodle
kanoodling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kanoodle
kanoodled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kanoodle
sublacustric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sublacustric
form: most sublacustric
Etymology: From sub- + lacustric.
Senses: examples: text: The strongly eutrophic lake has an artificial sublacustric fresh water inflow […]
ref: 1998, Geohydrologische Markierungstechnik:
glosses: sublacustrine
creative accounting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Italy’s public deficit is within the EU limit of 3 per cent of GDP, but only with the help of some creative accounting by the Government’s number-crunchers.
ref: 2002 December 23, R. Boyes, R. Owen, A. Sage, “Europe's economies face a winter of discontent”, in The Times, London:
topics: business
glosses: Financial accounting practices which are usually not explicitly illegal, but which are unorthodox, imaginative, usually misleading, and of questionable ethics.
Related terms: word: cook the books
mo'
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: mō
ipa: /moʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: mo
Etymology: From its non-rhotic pronunciation. Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”). Related to, though not directly descended from, obsolete mo with the same meaning.
Senses: examples: text: But the people are great han's for religion, and it's a common saying they got mo' religion an' less morals than yo'll find anywhere else in the world.
ref: 1904, Clifton Johnson, Highways and Byways of the South, page 124:
text: A millennium, mah son, am jes' de same as a thousan' legged worm, only hits got mo' legs.
ref: 1916, Official Proceedings, Western Railway Club, page 143:
text: Brethren if you want mo' preachin', save a little dram for me.
ref: 2005, Tim Brooks, Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919, page 137:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of more, representing non-rhotic AAVE English.
crack house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crack houses
Senses: examples: text: A woman who ran a crack house in Nashua has become the first to be convicted in New Hampshire under a law criminalizing the use of a house or apartment to violate federal drug laws.
ref: 2008 June 5, “N.H. gets first conviction under federal crack house law”, in Boston Globe, retrieved 03 Jul 2008:
glosses: A residential building where crack cocaine is manufactured, sold, or consumed.
anegre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anigre (“tree and its wood”).
anigre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The tree Pouteria superba and (especially) its wood.
Synonyms: sense: Pouteria superba
word: anegre
sense: Pouteria superba
word: aningre
aningre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anigre.
eighteen-wheeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eighteen-wheelers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of 18-wheeler.
viscountesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viscountess
verities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verity
voltmeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voltmeter
visualises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of visualise
visualising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of visualise
visualised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of visualise
vainer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of vain: more vain
vainest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of vain: most vain
vouchsafes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vouchsafe
villainies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of villainy
wildcatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wildcat
wildcatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wildcat
warred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of war
womanisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of womaniser
workbenches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of workbench
work the room
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: works the room
form: working the room
form: worked the room
form: worked the room
Senses: examples: text: As a campaigning politician, he really knew how to shake hands, kiss babies, and work the room.
qualifier: hostess; or guest; hostess; or guest
glosses: To interact enthusiastically with the attendees at an event, by moving among them, greeting them, and engaging them in conversation.
raw_tags: of a host
examples: text: In show business parlance, Miss Hudson knows how to "work the room." Her comic turns are as rooted in vaudeville as her high-style wit is straight out of the smart supper club circuit.
ref: 1989 February 26, Alvin Klein, “Theatre: ‘Jerry's Girls,’ Revue, in East Windsor”, in New York Times, retrieved 03 Jul 2008:
glosses: To interact with one's audience, taking cues from its reactions and adapting one's performance or words to elicit the audience's attention and enthusiasm.
raw_tags: of a performer or public speaker
Synonyms: work the crowd
work the line
work the bar
work the audience
Related terms: meet-and-greet
read the room
meatgrinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meatgrinders
form: meat grinder
form: meat-grinder
Etymology: From meat + grinder.
Senses: examples: text: Keep your fingers away from the throat of the meatgrinder.
glosses: A device for cutting meat into very small pieces.
examples: text: The mountainous second day of the race was a real meatgrinder, with 20% of racers dropping out.
text: Last year’s lightning advances gave way to local stalemates and a meatgrinder battle for Kobani, where ISIL troops massing to attack the Kurds on the ground made themselves easy targets for the Americans in the air.
ref: 2015 February 11, Sydney Freedberg, 4,817 Targets: How Six Months Of Airstrikes Have Hurt ISIL (Or Not):
glosses: An activity with a high casualty or attrition rate, such as a military battle or an occupational or athletic activity.
examples: text: Senate confirmation hearings are a real meatgrinder, discouraging people from government service.
text: A world all too ready to swallow Their Kind in its all consuming meat grinder.
ref: 1980 April 19, Andrea Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
glosses: A process that is likely to be injurious in a non-physical way.
Related terms: meat assault
pre-empt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiːˈɛmpt/
Forms: form: pre-empts
form: pre-empting
form: pre-empted
form: pre-empted
Senses: examples: text: At the same time, NR Chief Executive Andrew Haines said: "I will not pre-empt the outcome of the investigation into this awful event, but it is clear the weather was appalling and there were floods and landslips in the area.
ref: 2020 August 26, “Network News: Shapps orders rapid review of flash flood resilience from NR”, in Rail, page 8:
glosses: Alternative spelling of preempt.
bucket of bolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buckets of bolts
Senses: examples: text: On the outside, the Trans-Am still looked like a rusty bucket of bolts, but if all his little adjustments kicked in as planned, the thing should take off like a rocket.
ref: 2005, Sharyn McCrumb, St. Dale, page 141:
synonyms: word: rattletrap
word: rustbucket
word: banger
word: beater
word: bucket of bolts
word: bucket of rust
word: clunker
word: crate
word: crock
word: flivver
word: hooptie
word: jalopy
word: junker
word: lemon
word: old banger
word: rattletrap
word: rustbucket
word: shed
word: shitbox
word: shitpot
word: shitcan
word: shitbucket
word: tin Lizzie
word: wreck
glosses: A piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often an old car.
Related terms: piece of crap
POS
quindecim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quindecims
Etymology: From Medieval Latin quindecima (“15th”), from quindecim (“15”). In reference to 2-week periods, based upon the Roman and medieval practice of counting inclusively.
Senses: examples: text: In this parliament was granted to the king for defence against the Scots two aids and two quindecims, the which two aids did not extend over two quindecims.
ref: 2019, Julia Boffey, Henry VII's London in the Great Chronicle, page 71:
glosses: Synonym of quinzieme, a tax of one fifteenth (0.067%).
synonyms: word: quinzieme
extra: a tax of one fifteenth (0.067%).
topics: Christianity
glosses: Synonym of quindene, the 14th day after a festival, the fortnight after a festival.
synonyms: word: quindene
extra: the 14th day after a festival, the fortnight after a festival
mbira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mbiras
Etymology: From Shona mbira (“thumb piano”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: finger piano
sanza
thumb piano
hyponyms: kalimba
likembe
marimba
glosses: A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs, originating among the Shona of southern Africa; any type of plucked lamellophone of the same type as the Shona instrument.
Derived terms: array mbira
kalimba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kalimbas
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of thumb piano, similar to the mbira.