cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Cashmeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cashmere
Kashmirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kashmir
Kashmiriness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Kashmiri + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Kashmiri.
Horlickses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Horlicks
Horlickses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Horlicks
Horlicksed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Horlicks
Horlicksing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Horlicks
karinghota
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The tree Samadera indica.
officetel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɒfɪsˈtɛl/
Forms: form: officetels
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 오피스텔 (opiseutel), a pseudo-anglicism from English office + tel.
Senses: glosses: a multi-purpose building in Korea with both residential and commercial units
officetels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of officetel
jwlr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jwlrs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of jeweler.
jwlrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jwlr
justiciarship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: justiciarships
Etymology: From justiciar + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state or business of a justiciar.
justiciarships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of justiciarship
Julius Caesar cipher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Julius Caesar ciphers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Caesar cipher.
synonyms: word: Caesar cipher
Julius Caesar ciphers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Julius Caesar cipher
coconana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of coconut + banana
Senses: examples: text: a coconana smoothie
text: Coconana-berry summer
ref: 2015, Lola Berry, Lola Berry's Little Book of Smoothies and Juices, page 154:
text: Pour the coconana cream into your ice-cream maker and add three-quarters of the frozen nut fudge chunks (save the rest as a topping).
ref: 2018, Hanna Sillitoe, Radiant: Recipes to heal your skin from within:
glosses: A mixture of coconut and banana.
John-go-to-bed-at-noon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon.
synonyms: word: Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
jnlst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jnlsts
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of journalist.
jnlsts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jnlst
jnl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jnls
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of journal.
jnls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jnl
Jhangar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jhanger
Senses: glosses: A village in the Rajouri district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, formerly the base of the Mirpur–Poonch Brigade of the State Forces of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Jhanger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jhangar.
jetness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From jet + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being jet-black.
jetpacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jetpackers
Etymology: From jetpack + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who travels by means of a jet pack.
jetpackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jetpacker
Horlick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Horlicks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Horlicks
chimneyful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chimneyfuls
Etymology: From chimney + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: He put the sticks on the fire, and fetched more, till they had a good crackling chimneyful of blaze. The rippling running yellow flame made them both happy, warmed their faces and their souls.
ref: 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XIV, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC:
glosses: The amount that fits in a chimney
chimneyfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chimneyful
us-selves
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: Let's live for summat else. Let's not live ter make money, neither for us-selves nor for anybody else.[…]
ref: 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XV, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of us selves.
love-hair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 'You've got four kinds of hair,' she said to him. 'On your chest it's nearly black, and your hair isn't dark on your head: but your moustache is hard and dark red, and your hair here, your love-hair, is like a little brush of bright red-gold mistletoe. It's the loveliest of all!'
ref: 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XV, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC:
glosses: The pubic hair
jakhalsbessie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The jackalberry, Diospyros mespiliformis.
Jagellonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjɑːɡəˈləʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌjɑɡəˈloʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Jagellonian
form: most Jagellonian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jagiellonian.
devil's cotton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devil's cottons
Senses: glosses: An Southeast Asian plant, Abroma augustum, which is used to make fiber.
glosses: Fiber yielded by this plant, or textiles made from it.
Ithuriel's spear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A reference to the angel Ithuriel from Milton's Paradise Lost.
Senses: glosses: The plant Triteleia laxa.
wikipedia: Paradise Lost
islet of Langerhans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: islets of Langerhans
Senses: glosses: singular of islets of Langerhans
libre software
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of free software.
synonyms: word: free software
Harlem Renaissance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Harlem Renaissance
Senses: examples: text: The Depression made the Harlem Renaissance, with its spirit of play and optimism, seem strange and naïve.
ref: 1995, Nathan Irvin Huggins, Voices from the Harlem Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10:
synonyms: New Negro Movement
glosses: An intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, and literature centered in Harlem, Manhattan, in the 1920s and 1930s.
Hypernyms: Renaissance
majokko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: majokko
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 魔女っ子 (majokko), composed of 魔女 (“witch”) + っ子 (“person having a certain quality”, also diminutive suffix).
This term is sometimes also glossed in English as “little witch”, the word 子 (ko) meaning “child” or “small”.
Senses: examples: text: The viewer is normally treated to the transformation from the point of view of the majokko herself - the other people around her basically would see a "flash of light" and (poof!) she's changed.
ref: 1999 July 13, Animeg3282, “The magical girl thread”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
topics: anime
broadcasting
comics
film
literature
manga
media
publishing
television
glosses: A magical girl.
examples: text: Not exactly a magical-girl-anime list, but with the "shoujo" switch, it includes a great many of them. I've seen many of the majokko, including some rarities like Majokko Chikuru - better known as Magic Girl Tickle / Majokko Tikkuru.
ref: 2006 September 25, GeoffC, “Magical Girl Anime by year”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
glosses: A manga or anime focusing on one or more majokko.
New Negro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Negroes
form: New Negros
Etymology: Popularized by Alain LeRoy Locke in his anthology The New Negro (1925).
Senses: examples: text: The self-assertiveness and pride of the “New Negro” was a consequence of this new self-concept.
ref: 1995, Nathan Irvin Huggins, Voices from the Harlem Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: An assertive African-American pursuing political and social equality, especially during the Harlem Renaissance.
wikipedia: Alain LeRoy Locke
The New Negro
alphabetico-classed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Arranged in alphabetical order.
New Negroes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Negros
Senses: glosses: plural of New Negro
New Negros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Negroes
Senses: glosses: plural of New Negro
aloha party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aloha parties
Senses: glosses: A party held to welcome people to Hawaii.
aloha parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aloha party
alsifilm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alsifilms
Etymology: From aluminum, silica and film.
Senses: glosses: A thin, transparent, flexible film made from bentonite.
alsifilms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alsifilm
altar society
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altar societies
Senses: synonyms: altar guild
glosses: A group of laypersons in a parish church who maintain the ceremonial objects used in worship.
altar societies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altar society
altar guild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altar guilds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of altar society.
synonyms: word: altar society
altar guilds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altar guild
engordacabra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: engordacabras
Etymology: From Spanish engordacabra.
Senses: glosses: Dalea bicolor, a leguminous shrub of Mexico.
has one's wig snatched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have one's wig snatched
having one's wig snatched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have one's wig snatched
had one's wig snatched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have one's wig snatched
adder's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adder's mouths
Senses: hypernyms: orchid
<
plant
<
organism
coordinate_terms: snakemouth
glosses: An orchid of the genus Malaxis
umbræ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of umbra
field theories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of field theory
one's egg cracks
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: one's egg breaks
Senses: examples: text: My egg cracked when I started wondering why I loved reading gender-transformation webcomics.
text: SCP-6113-3: James...?
Dr. Park: It's... Janet now.
SCP-6113-3: Holy fucking shit, your egg cracked!
Dr. Park: No thanks to you.
ref: 2021 October 24, Dr Asteria, “SCP-6113 [offset 4]”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2023:
qualifier: transgender slang
glosses: One realizes that one is transgender.
Related terms: crack someone's egg
one's egg breaks
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of one's egg cracks.
Amalrician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Amalricians
Etymology: Named after Amalric of Bena.
Senses: glosses: A member of a medieval pantheist free love movement thought to have influenced the Brethren of the Free Spirit.
wikipedia: Amalric of Bena
Derived terms: Amalricianism
Amalricians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Amalrician
Amalricianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Amalrician + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The religious beliefs of the Amalricians.
amdt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amdts
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of amendment.
amdts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amdt
had one's ears lowered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have one's ears lowered
has one's ears lowered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have one's ears lowered
having one's ears lowered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have one's ears lowered
zooarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌzəʊ.əˈɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌzoʊ.əˈɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: zooaria
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zoarium.
zooaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zooarium
nothobranch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nothobranchs
Senses: glosses: A fish of the genus Nothobranchius
champain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of champaine.
champain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of champaine.
pommeis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pomme
pommeis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] each charged with a pommeis thereon a cross of the 2nd.
ref: 1864, Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, page 16:
glosses: Synonym of pomme (“a roundel vert”).
synonyms: word: pomme
extra: a roundel vert
radio'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Uncommon spelling of radioed.
Kavieng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the provincial capital of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
CFF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CFFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of critical flicker frequency.
CFFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CFF
Humza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Humzas
form: Hamza
form: Hamzah
form: Hamzeh
form: Humzah
Etymology: From Urdu حمزہ (hamza), from Arabic حمزة (hamza).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
macrolepiotoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Macrolepiota + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or similar to members of the genus Macrolepiota of mushrooms.
mia noi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mia nois
Etymology: From Thai เมียน้อย (miia-nɔ́ɔi).
Senses: examples: text: Many men in Thailand, both rich and poor, have a ‘mia noi’. A ‘mia noi’, roughly translated, means ‘minor wife’ or mistress and has been common in Thai culture for centuries. Even in modern day Thailand, many Thai men will have a mia yai, a major wife (the main wife) and then a mia noi.
ref: 2011 June 22, “The Mia Noi or Minor Wife in Thailand: Yes, Thai Men Do Have a Mistress”, in Tasty Thailand:
antonyms: mia luang
glosses: minor wife; secondary wife; wife of inferior rank; concubine, mistress
chloromethylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chloro- + methylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The divalent chemical group HClC=; equivalent to methylene with one hydrogen substituted with chlorine.
pyrometamorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pyro- + metamorphic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
glosses: Rapidly changed by heat, such as a natural fire, or lava flow.
Related terms: pyrometamorphism
biocrystallizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of biocrystallize
biocrystallize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: biocrystallizes
form: biocrystallizing
form: biocrystallized
form: biocrystallized
Senses: glosses: To biologically transform into a crystalline state.
Related terms: biocrystallization
Yodaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Burmese ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:), ultimately from Thai อยุธยา (à-yút-tá-yaa, “Ayutthaya”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Yodaya, a genre of Burmese classical music; see မဟာဂီတ (ma.hagita.)
photoblocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoblockers
Etymology: From photo- + blocker.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
lithography
media
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
printing
publishing
glosses: A substance that stops light.
ingulphant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Cognate to engulfing?
Senses: examples: text: Per pale azure and purpure, three whales' heads erased or, each ingulphant of a spear-head argent, were the arms borne by Sir Hugh Vaughan of Littleton in Middlesex, in the reign of Henry VIII; and were quartered with[…]
ref: 1842, Thomas Moule, Heraldry of Fish: Notices of the Principal Families Bearing Fish in Their Arms, London : J. van Voorst, page 48:
text: […] dolphins haurient, respectant and ingulphant of the flukes of an anchor reversed all proper; on a chief azure three mullets of the first.
ref: 1920, Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, page 766:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: vorant
qualifier: whale; etc; whale; etc
glosses: Swallowing.
raw_tags: of a fish
dauphinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dauphinates
Etymology: From dauphin + -ate (forms nouns denoting a rank or office).
Senses: glosses: The dignity of a dauphin.
glosses: The realm of such a dauphin.
Dauphinois
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from French dauphinois.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Dauphiné or its people.
Dauphinois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dauphinois
Etymology: Borrowed from French dauphinois.
Senses: glosses: A person from Dauphiné.
Dauphinois
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French dauphinois.
Senses: glosses: A Romance language or dialect.
Akdamar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Akdamars
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish Akdamar.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Turkish.
full debut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full debuts
Senses: examples: text: James Maddison, on his full debut, committed a foul as he tried to reach the second.
ref: March 26 2023, David Hytner, “Kane and Bukayo Saka combine against Ukraine for England’s perfect Euros start”, in The Guardian:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The first time someone plays as a starter for a team
full debuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of full debut
Syu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shü
Forms: form: Hsu
raw_tags: from Wade–Giles
form: Hsü
raw_tags: from Wade–Giles
form: Sheu
form: Xu
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 徐 (Xú) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Syú.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Mandarin.
Syu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shü
Forms: form: Hsu
raw_tags: from Wade–Giles
form: Hsü
raw_tags: from Wade–Giles
form: Sheu
form: Xu
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 許 /许 (Xǔ) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Syǔ.
Senses: examples: text: […]because Syu Cao-de (許曹德) and Cai You-cyuan (蔡有全), both victims of political persecution, were once again placed under arrest for calling for[…]
ref: 2005, A New Constitution for Taiwan: Symposium on a New Constitution for Taiwan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 116:
text: It was a really bad situation for Cao Cao. However, at this time, Syu You, the advisor to Yuan Shao, unexpectedly chose to defect to the side of Cao Cao.
ref: 2006, 36計 [36 Strategies], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39:
english: 36 Strategies
translation: 36 Strategies
text: Only two of the products specified on their labeling that they were intended for medical use, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) technical specialist Syu Jhih-yu (許芷瑀) said.
The other 13 contravened Article 69 of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (藥事法) for using words such as “disinfect” or “kills germs” on their labeling, which is punishable by fines of NT$600,000 to NT$25 million, Syu said.
ref: 2020 August 19, Lo Chi, Jake Chung, “Most hand sanitizers fail to meet standards: office”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2020, Taiwan News, page 3:
text: “China’s ban on citrus didn’t really affect us,” said Syu Man, a manager for a fruit exporter in southern Taiwan that ships a type of pomelo across East Asia, primarily to Japan.
ref: 2022 August 15, Mike Ives, Zixu Wang, “Mostly Bluster: Why China Went Easy on Taiwan’s Economy [为何中国难以用经济手段惩罚台湾？]”, in 纽约时报中文网, transl., The New York Times [纽约时报], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022, 亚太:
english: “中国大陆对柑橘的限制没有太影响我们，”台湾南部一家水果出口商经理许曼说，这家出口商运往东亚的产品是一种柚子，主要市场是日本。
translation: “中国大陆对柑橘的限制没有太影响我们，”台湾南部一家水果出口商经理许曼说，这家出口商运往东亚的产品是一种柚子，主要市场是日本。
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glosses: A surname from Mandarin.
sink of iniquity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinks of iniquity
Senses: examples: text: It was to this satanic citadel of sin that the steps of the pair were turned, fully determined to explore the deepest depths of this sink of iniquity if by any artifice the desired result could be attained.
ref: 1903 February 8, The Truth, Sydney, page 3, column 3:
glosses: A place where criminal activity is rife; a resort of criminals.
Royapuram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Leguizamo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Leguizamos
form: Leguizamoes
Etymology: From Spanish Leguizamo, from Leguizamon, from Basque Legizamon.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Basque
New Jalpaiguri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An important railway junction and station in Jalpaiguri district, near Siliguri, West Bengal, India.
non-trad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-trads
Etymology: Clipping of non-traditional, equivalent to non- + trad.
Senses: examples: text: We offer Saturday classes for non-trads and anyone whose work schedule overlaps with our weekday classes.
glosses: A non-traditional student; a university student above the age of the wider student body; an adult student.
purist Greek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: Katharevousa
glosses: Greek which is used in an archaistically, recalling one which is of a historical, Ancient or Classical style.
Jalpaiguri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and district in West Bengal, India.
Derived terms: Jalpaiguri division
New Jalpaiguri
plague rats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plague rat
munney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It's munney as matters, an' cos she's got lots, they give her more!
ref: 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 9, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of money.
ultrapatriotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrapatriotisms
Etymology: From ultra- + patriotism.
Senses: examples: text: Their host was a heavy, rather coarse Scotchman who had made a good fortune in Italy before the war, and had been knighted for his ultrapatriotism during the war.
ref: 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 17, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020:
glosses: Extreme patriotism.
gender-affirming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ.əˈfɚ.mɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: Transgender youth in North Carolina would have to wait until they turn 18 to receive gender-affirming surgeries under a bill approved Wednesday by the GOP-controlled state House.
ref: 2023 May 3, “North Carolina House OKs Ban on Transgender Youth Surgeries”, in U.S. News & World Report:
text: We stress that reconstructive breast surgeries and testicular implants are gender-affirming interventions—rather than interventions provided through a generic form of respect for persons—because gender is a morally significant, social category that shapes how individuals regard themselves and understand each other.
ref: 2023 June 7, “Gender-Affirming Care for Cisgender People”, in Hastings Center Report, →DOI:
text: But in 2020, after coming across detransition videos online, she began to doubt the gender-affirming model.
ref: 2024 February 2, Pamela Paul, “As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2024:
topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: especially transgender
glosses: Inducing a change in the physical gender characteristics, whether surgically, pharmaceutically, or otherwise, typically of a transgender or intersex person.
Derived terms: gender-affirming surgery
everybodies
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: We bust apart, and say spiteful things about one another, like all the other damned intellectuals in the world. Damned everybodies, as far as that goes, for they all do it.
ref: 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 4, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020:
text: ‘Come along now everybodies,’ said James. ‘No point in blaming our revered manager.’
ref: 2022, Guy Compton, Dead on Cue, Hachette, →ISBN:
glosses: everybody
guelder-rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guelder-roses
Senses: examples: text: The ground was fairly free of undergrowth, the anemones sprinkled, there was a bush or two, elder, or guelder-rose, and a purplish tangle of bramble:[…]
ref: 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 8, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020:
glosses: Alternative spelling of guelder rose.
autobackup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autobackups
Etymology: From auto- + backup.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Automatic backup.
autocompletions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autocompletion
autobackups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autobackup
snakeman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snakemen
Etymology: From snake + man.
Senses: examples: text: Finally I must mention a film slipped into the Festival at the last moment The Monster Club directed by Roy Ward Baker, an amusing parody of horror movies with vampires, werewolves, snakemen, waspwomen, ghouls and other weird creatures enjoying themselves to the beat of pop music.
ref: 1980 November, J.R.L. Reyner, “Edinburgh ’80”, in Continental Film & Video Review, number 337 / volume 28, number 1, page 17:
text: ‘Think you Aberius made these snakemen out of air, to cover his wanting to turn back?’ ‘He tells the truth with a face that shouts lie, yet this time I think he may actually have seen something. That’s not to say it was what he says it was. Ah, I know not, Conan. Snakes that walk like men.’
ref: 1982, Robert Jordan, Conan the Invincible, Sphere Books, published 1985, →ISBN, page 89:
text: And the man turned out to be only the head of a man. The body was that of a monstrous python, undulating through the water. Mach had thought this was a dream. But he had never heard or read of either pigmen or snakemen, and his computer-type brain was not strong on creative imagination.
ref: 1987, Piers Anthony, Out of Phaze, Ace/Putnam, →ISBN, page 34:
text: Ophidia, or snakemen, look like large snakes with humanoid arms and hands, but they aren’t long and slender like true snakes. […] Snakemen have little in the way of religion, though groups often “worship” the naga, dragon, or giant constrictor snake with whom they associate, bringing food and presents to them.
ref: 1994, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons®, 2ⁿᵈ Edition: Monstrous Compendium® Annual, volume one, TSR, Inc., →ISBN:
text: There were four of his men in the room, two birdmen, a fish and a wolfman. That meant five against an unknown amount, until more entered the room. He took a step backward, as two snakemen entered the room.
ref: 2003, Craig C. McCabe, The Cornerstone, 1ˢᵗ Books, →ISBN, page 39:
text: Sacred spells of the sinister snakemen.
ref: 2005 April, Dragon, number 330, page 5:
text: The Hero and Leah arrive in time to see a number of snakemen holding Adria hostage.
ref: 2012, Doug Walsh, Rick Barba, Diablo III® Signature Series Guide, DK/BradyGAMES, →ISBN, page 188:
text: A palpable sense of superstitious awe was generated by her words: though the emir’s people were Amteh, most would know something of Omali mythology and the tales of the snakemen who helped the gods to create the world – though she doubted any here would ever have believed in them.
ref: 2015, David Hair, Ascendant’s Rite (The Moontide Quartet; book IV), Jo Fletcher Books, published 2016, →ISBN, page 45:
text: Purple Skittles is an adventure game where you play as a thing called Timothy and must traverse an odd landscape where your path is frequently blocked by snakemen who live in shoes and such.
ref: 2023, Roblox: Create and Conquer!, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 49:
glosses: A mythological creature that is part man and part snake.
snakemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snakeman
pluripolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having several poles instead of just two (said of mitosis, a cell undergoing mitosis, or the spindle apparatus).
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Being a subset of the values which a plurisubharmonic function takes to −∞.
topics: geopolitics
government
politics
glosses: Multipolar.
baromezes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baromez
baropodometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baropodometer
barrack busters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barrack buster
barred warblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barred warbler
barrel jellyfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barrel jellyfish
barrens chytonixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barrens chytonix
BAScs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BASc
barristries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barristry
barycenterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barycentering
bartramian sandpipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bartramian sandpiper
barristresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barristress
bascarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bascart
base anhydrides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of base anhydride
base chiefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of base chief
base fluids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of base fluid
base rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of base rate
base sequences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of base sequence
basemeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basemean
basic reproduction numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basic reproduction number
basic reproduction rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basic reproduction rate
basic reproduction ratios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basic reproduction ratio
basic reproductive numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basic reproductive number
basic reproductive rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basic reproductive rate
basigins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basigin
basilar arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basilar artery
basitarsomeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basitarsomere
basitriches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basitrich
bastard eels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bastard eel
basophyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basophyl
basotarsomeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basotarsomere
bat horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bat horse
bateau necklines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bateau neckline
Bath buns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bath bun
Bathists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bathist
bat-horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bat-horse
bathroom bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bathroom bag
bathyscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bathyscope
batoneers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batoneer
batsicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batsicle
Bat-Signals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bat-Signal
Batsquatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Batsquatch
battle jackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battle jacket
battle-fields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battle-field
battlestations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battlestation
Bayesianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bayesianist
BCARs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BCAR
bccs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bcc
BCCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BCC
BCMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BCM
BDAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BDA
beach umbrellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beach umbrella
beached whales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beached whale
beachrollers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beachroller
beagliers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beaglier
beamsizes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beamsize
bear raids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bear raid
beat matches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beat match
beat generations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beat generation
bean cowries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bean cowrie
Heinz dilemma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In one well-known version of the dilemma, used in Lawrence Kohlberg’s stages of moral development, the dilemma is faced by a character named Heinz.
Senses: examples: text: This study of the Heinz dilemma has led to the literature on the ethics of care. The Heinz dilemma is about a man who considers stealing a drug that he cannot afford to buy in order to save the life of his wife.
ref: 2004, Ananta Kumar Giri, Creative Social Research: Rethinking Theories and Methods, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 93:
glosses: A thought experiment in ethics, involving a dilemma of whether saving a life justifies theft or other illegal activities.
wikipedia: Lawrence Kohlberg
Related terms: trolley problem
closed for press
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of close for press.
closes for press
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of close for press.
Dabpa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tibetan འདབ་པ ('dab pa).
Senses: examples: text: Dabpa county lies on the S bank of the Shuiluo he, a tributary of the Yangtze which rises in Puborgang and flows S to join the Yangtze at the N tip of its bend on the present day Sichuan-Yunnan border.
ref: 1996 January, “Eastern Tibet”, in Gyurme Dorje, editor, Tibet Handbook: with Bhutan, Passport Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 498, column 1:
text: Dabpa county is a mountainous region in the south of Puborgang.
ref: 2004, Gyurme Dorje, Footprint Tibet (Footprint Travel Guides), 3rd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 456:
text: DAOCHENG (DABPA) 稻城
0836 / pop 7000 / elev 3800m
The county town of Daocheng (Dabpa in Tibetan) is mainly a jumping-off point for Yading Nature Reserve (right).
ref: 2008, Bradley Mayhew, Tibet, 7th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 277:
text: In an announcement on May 2 for police recruitment in Dabpa County People’s Court in Kardze Prefecture, it said that “those who have received or are receiving subsidies from illegal overseas fund organizations” are disqualified in addition to the aforementioned clauses in the case of Lithang.
In Dec 2019, the announcement made in Lhoka had a reference to Tibetans that hindered employment if the individual “or family members have illegally entered or exited the country.” This announcement unlike others made in Lithang and Dabpa had a section on “political review” of recruits and a reference to “Interim Provisions on the Assessment and Political Review of the Recruitment of People’s Police by Public Security Organs” issued by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security.
ref: 2020 June 15, Choekyi Lhamo, “Systemic discrimination for Tibetans involved in “separatist activities””, in Phayul.com, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2020:
glosses: Synonym of Daocheng: the Tibetan-derived name.
synonyms: word: Daocheng
extra: the Tibetan-derived name
cannott
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Now I cannott lett you go without putting you in mynd what I said the last day in the Bancketting House at Whitehall.
ref: 1641 The Heads of the Kings Speech concerning Lord Stafford. (Quoted in Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Volume 10, Issue 6, page 140. HMSO. (1887))
glosses: Obsolete spelling of cannot
lower-paid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of low-paid: more low-paid.
UHB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of University Hospitals Birmingham, a hospital network, and the trust that operates it, part of the NHS, associated with the University of Birmingham, in West Midlands, England, UK.
hypernyms: SUNY
glosses: Initialism of University Hospital of Brooklyn, a teaching hospital, associated with the State University of New York, in Brooklyn, New York City, on Long Island, New York State, USA.
UHB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UHBs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: UDF
propfan
hypernyms: jet
coordinate_terms: turbofan
turboprop
turbojet
glosses: Abbreviation of ultrahigh bypass jet engine (“propfan”).
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of uranyl hexagonal bipyramid.
topics: education
medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of university health board.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of undersea and hyperbaric medicine (“diving medicine”).
high-paid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: higher-paid
form: highest-paid
Senses: antonyms: low-paid
glosses: Of a worker: earning a lot of money through good pay, more than the average salary.
QEH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, any of several hospitals.
higher-paid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of high-paid: more high-paid.
highest-paid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It says the offer amounts to an increase of 14.4% for the lowest-paid grades to 9.2% for the highest paid. There is an additional 1.1% on basic earnings and increased backpay. It means the offer also has a total uplift on basic earnings between 15.2% for the lowest-paid grades to 10.3% for the highest-paid grades.
ref: 2023 March 22, Mel Holley, “Network News: RMT to ballot Network Rail members on improved offer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 12:
glosses: superlative form of high-paid: most high-paid.
pantomime villains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pantomime villain
xanthocobalt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The salts of Xanthocobalt have a dark sherry - wine or brown - yellow color . They are rather more soluble , both in hot and cold water than the salts of Roseocobalt , Purpureocobalt , or Luteocobalt , the solutions when dilute have a yellow color; when concentrated they are dark-brown yellow.
ref: 1856, Wolcott Gibbs, Frederick Augustus Genth, Researches on the Ammonia-cobalt Bases, page 49:
text: The nitrate of Xanthocobalt, being much less soluble in cold water than the ammonia salts, is easily purified by re-crystallization.
ref: 1857, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge - Volume 9, page 57:
text: It might be supposed that , because the chloride and nitrate of xanthocobalt directly combine to form the chloro-nitrate , the two salts were isomorphous , and could therefore crystallise together in all proportions ; it is shown, however, by Dana's and Cooke's measurements of the crystals of the nitrate and chloride respectively, the former belongs to the dimetric, and the latter to the trimetric system.
ref: 1879, Henry Watts, A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences, page 544:
glosses: Synonym of nitritopentamminocobalt.
synonyms: word: nitritopentamminocobalt
nitritopentamminocobalt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A yellowish-brown compound of ammonia and cobalt, (CO(NH₃)₅NO₂)X₂.
CFP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CFPs
Senses: examples: text: For many investors using $3,000 in losses to offset regular income taxes can be more financially beneficial than offsetting gains, said Indiana-based CFP Russ Ford, because their income tax rates are higher than their long-term capital gains rate, which is 15% for most investors.
ref: 2022 May 11, Jeanne Sahadi, “Here’s what to do if you have a loss on an investment”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Initialism of certified financial planner.
glosses: Initialism of call for papers.
topics: medicine
sciences
toxicology
glosses: Initialism of ciguatera fish poisoning.
Related terms: CFP franc
deteriorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The belief that society worsens over time.
deteriorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deteriorists
Senses: glosses: One who believes that society worsens over time.
inattend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inattends
form: inattending
form: inattended
form: inattended
Senses: glosses: to fail to pay attention to
richery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: richeries
Etymology: In poetry, possibly a contraction of rich array. Likely of rich + -ery (“a class of things”); compare finery.
Senses: examples: text: She dressed herself in richery,
Most beauteous to behold;
And as they walked along the street,
She shined like glittering gold.
ref: 1925, “The House Carpenter”, in John Harrington Cox, editor, Folk-songs of the South, Harvard University Press, page 147:
text: The crimson hangings of the magnificent bed and the superb furniture and tapestries, the richery of the polished woodcarvings all reflects the departed majesty of ‘The Last of the Knights.’
ref: 1928, Dornford Yates, Perishable Goods:
text: Better get back to the house or it'll weaken my position. Get her a little present, a fashion magazine filled with richery.
ref: 1955, J.P. Donleavy, The Ginger Man, page 52:
text: She dressèd herself in richery attire,
And so gaily where she did dress;
She went a-walkin’ up and down the deck
ref: 1982, Norman Cazden, Herbert Haufrecht, Norman Studer, quoting ‘The Ship’s Carpenter’ as sung by George Edwards, Folk Songs of the Catskills, page 275:
glosses: High-quality, ostentatious items that attract attention.
examples: text: Despite the richeries that can be dug out of Aphrodite’s myths, neither all of love nor all of therapy can be awarded to one god.
ref: 1990, James Hillman, “Eros”, in Essential James Hillman: A Blue Fire:
glosses: Riches; an abundance of anything desirable.
morphoneme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphonemes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of morphophoneme.
morphonemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morphoneme
morphonemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of morphophonemically.
morphonemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of morphophonemic.
morphonemics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of morphophonemics.
bundled up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bundle up
co-feoffee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-feoffees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cofeoffee.
co-feoffees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of co-feoffee
conusee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conusees
Senses: examples: text: But where the Lands of any Cofeoffee are omitted, there ſuch Perſon, whoſe Lands are extended, muſt bring his Audita Qeurela againſt the Conuſee, and ſuch Cofeoffee; […]
ref: a. 1726, Lord Chief Baron Gilbert [i.e., Jeffrey Gilbert], The Law of Executions. […], London: […] W. Owen […], published 1763, page 45:
topics: law
glosses: Synonym of cognizee (“one to whom a fine of land was acknowledged”).
synonyms: word: cognizee
extra: one to whom a fine of land was acknowledged
conusees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conusee
Westmoor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Westmore
Etymology: From Old English west + mōr (“moor”).
Senses: glosses: A surname
richeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of richery