cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Beeston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beestons
Etymology: From Middle English Bestone, from Old English *Bēostūn, from *bēos (“bentgrass”) (from Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush”)) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP1648).
glosses: A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire; the location of Beeston Castle (OS grid ref SJ5458).
glosses: A place in England:
A village in Beeston with Bittering parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF9115).
glosses: A place in England:
A town in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5236).
glosses: A place in England:
A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2830).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Beeston with Bittering
gukja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gukja
Etymology: From Korean 국자(國字) (gukja). Doublet of kokuji.
Senses: glosses: Han characters invented and used only in Korea
glosses: national script, particularly hangul, the Korean national script
Related terms: kokuji
bedwenches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedwench
dullery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dull + -ery.
Senses: glosses: dullness, stupidity
sink trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sink traps
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
plumbing
glosses: Synonym of stench trap.
synonyms: word: stench trap
sink traps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sink trap
solepiece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solepieces
Etymology: From sole + piece.
Senses: topics: architecture
nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of sole.
synonyms: word: sole
solepieces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solepiece
Buck's extension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buck's extensions
Etymology: Named after Gurdon Buck (1807–1877), pioneering military surgeon.
Senses: glosses: A form of traction for fractures of the femur, involving a weight and pulley.
wikipedia: Gurdon Buck
Buck's extensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buck's extension
Rhyl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /rɪl/
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and community in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0181).
overtoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overtone
overtoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overtone
Newton-le-Willows
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5895).
glosses: A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2189).
Worsdell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Antakiyeh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Antioch.
synonyms: word: Antioch
Antakya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Antakiyah
form: Antakiyeh
Etymology: From Turkish Antakya, q.v.
Senses: glosses: A city and district in southeastern Turkey, Hatay Province, the ancient Antioch.
Synonyms: sense: historical names
word: Antioch
Horwich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒɹɪt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɒɹɪtʃ
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6411).
steam-heat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: steam-heats
form: steam-heating
form: steam-heated
form: steam-heated
Senses: examples: text: Diesel traction on the "Golden Arrow" - diverted via Chatham because of Sunday engineering work in Sevenoaks Tunnel. The down train is diesel-hauled out of Victoria by Birmingham/Sulzer Type 3 No. D6500 and B.R./Sulzer Type 2 No. D5004 on January 28, 1961; the inner locomotive is provided to steam-heat the train.
ref: 1961 April, Trains Illustrated, page 250, photo caption:
glosses: To heat with the use of steam.
Related terms: steam heater
steam heating
Barrèsian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Barrèsian
form: most Barrèsian
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Maurice Barrès.
steam-heated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of steam-heat
Goncalves
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Portuguese Gonçalves.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Portuguese.
steam-heating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of steam-heat
steam-heats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of steam-heat
Bains
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Arkansa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Arkansas (“river in the United States”).
antimonotonically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From antimonotonic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an antimonotonic manner.
Hampton Loade
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Loade is a variant of lode, referring to the ferry across the Severn to Hampton on the opposite bank.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet on the east bank of the Severn in Quatt Malvern parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7486).
Eardington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish near Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7290).
Coalport
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in The Gorge parish, Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6902).
glosses: A borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States.
sub-judges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sub-judge
anti-brony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-bronies
Etymology: From anti- + brony.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: An anti-fan of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, typically an adult male.
Hyponyms: english: female anti-fan
translation: female anti-fan
word: anti-pegasister
anti-pegasister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-pegasisters
Etymology: From anti- + pegasister.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: An adult female anti-fan of the animated television series My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic.
Hypernyms: anti-brony
anti-pegasisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-pegasister
anti-bronies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-brony
Jackfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6802)
Derived terms: Jackfield ware
crantini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crantinis
Etymology: Blend of cranberry + martini.
Senses: glosses: A martini cocktail with cranberry juice.
gelatini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gelatinis
Etymology: Blend of gelatin + martini.
Senses: glosses: A Jell-O shot served in a cocktail glass.
Buildwas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6304).
Cressage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Christesache.
Senses: glosses: A village in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5904).
Rumchata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RumChata
Etymology: Blend of rum + horchata.
Senses: glosses: A cream liqueur made from spiced rum and horchata.
Cound
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5505).
nesba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nesbas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nisba.
nesbas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nesba
altarlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altarlets
Etymology: From altar + -let.
Senses: examples: text: For of how small dimensions the altar of Santiago formerly was, lest we should be supposed to diminish it in our relation, may better be collected from the measure of the altarlet itself.
ref: 1829, Robert Southey, All for love; and The pilgrim to Compostella, page 203:
text: The canons say that an altar should be of stone ; altare debet esse lapideum, If the altar is not wholly of stone, but of wood for example, it suffices that there be an altarlet (altariolus) of stone or a lapis sacratus, holy stone, in it.
ref: 1893, John O'Neill, The Night of the Gods:
text: Beyond the lance stands an altarlet, upon which is erected a twofold cornucopia containing " plenty," represented by three (?) apples.
ref: 1906, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Volumes 29-30, page 177:
glosses: A small altar.
altarlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altarlet
Coalbrookdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in The Gorge parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6604).
altarer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altarers
Senses: examples: text: The importance of the Altarer could not be denied. He had the care of refectory, kitchen, and cellar.
ref: 1895, Sir Walter Besant, Westminster, page 121:
text: The codex is bound in the cut gothic binding of high-quality and one of its first possessors was Václav of Trebenice, altarer of the monastery church in Teplice.
ref: 1993, Miscelanea Oddělení rukopisů a vzácných tisků - Volume 10, page 163:
glosses: A member of a monastic community responsible for providing food and drink; cellarer.
altarers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altarer
Much Wenlock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6299).
Related terms: Little Wenlock
altogetherness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From altogether + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: We have, however, made a distinct effort also to provide questions which emphasize the "altogetherness" of a given selection.
ref: 1962, Jerome Walter Archer, Joseph Schwartz, A Reader for Writers: A Critical Anthology of Prose Readings, page vi:
text: 'Human multiunity, or altogetherness, actualized in reality', wrote Feodorov, 'is a necessary condition for the understanding of the Divine Triunity. As long as the independence of individuals is expressed as enslavement, just so long will altogetherness as a likenss of the Triunity be simply a though, an ideal.'
ref: 1994, David Nicholls, Deity and Domination, page 234:
text: "First, there is the mere altogetherness of parts of any cognized object as such." Examples of this altogetherness would be, all people on the earth, or in a state, or in a family, or in a store, and the like.
ref: 2009, Frank Channing Haddock, Business Power 3:
text: You call me irresponsible, Blacker, but I've got enough imagination to see 'the altogetherness of everything.'
ref: 2015, Lisa Regan, Winifred Holtby's Social Vision: 'Members One of Another', page 107:
glosses: The quality of forming a unified whole.
multiunity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiunities
Etymology: From multi- + unity.
Senses: examples: text: I have spoken of it as "birth in light" for in the white light of the sun all the colors exist in a state of unity or multiunity.
ref: 1975, Dane Rudhyar, Occult preparations for a new age, page 108:
text: In the broad sense, multiunity means great communicational richness, the mutual enrichment of experience, and inestimable cognitive possibilities.
ref: 2001, Russian Studies in Philosophy - Volume 38, Issues 2-4, page 62:
text: In his Philosophy of the Common Task Nikolai Fedorov outlined his thesis that the world organism is one whole and that the task of man (of the Christian) is to draw together the fragmented multiplicity into a “multiunity.”
ref: 2016, Heyward Isham, Richard Pipes, Remaking Russia: Voices from within:
glosses: A unified whole or wholeness formed from multiple parts.
multiunities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiunity
Arley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː.li/
ipa: /ˈɑɹ.li/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)li
Senses: glosses: A village in Aston by Budworth parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6781).
glosses: A civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England, containing the villages of New Arley (OS grid ref SP2989) and Old Arley (OS grid ref SP2890).
glosses: A town in Winston County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Clay County, Missouri, United States.
Derived terms: Upper Arley
Upper Arley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7680).
anti-ice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + ice.
Senses: examples: text: An anti-ice system was installed.
glosses: Removing ice or preventing it from building up.
awreck
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹɛk/
rhymes: -ɛk
Etymology: From a- + wreck.
Senses: glosses: in or into a state of being wrecked
amethodical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amethodical
form: most amethodical
Etymology: From a- + methodical.
Senses: examples: text: They suggest instead a shift in the development mode from structured, orderly and methodical to unstructured, emergent and amethodical to fulfill the requirements set by the new development environments.
ref: 2006, Brian Fitzgerald, Eleanor Wynn, IT Innovation for Adaptability and Competitiveness, page 7:
text: In one-off customer relationships, the amethodical approach was favored (although company B was also amethodical with a solid customer base).
ref: 2008, Chris Barry, Kieran Conboy, Michael Lang, Information Systems Development:
text: It is remarkable that even though the approach taken in the case study was of a highly methodical nature, two of the three shortcomings of amethodical approaches as earlier outlined were experienced.
ref: 2010, William Wei Song, Shenghua Xu, Changxuan Wan, Information Systems Development, page 231:
text: Moreover, “the concept of method ... occupies an extremely privileged status in formal information systems development thought” while “the possibility that amethodical development might be the normal way” of building systems has “almost entirely elud[ed] the systems development literature."
ref: 2010, Robert Winter, J. Leon Zhao, Stephan Aier, Global Perspectives on Design Science Research, page 143:
glosses: Not methodical; unsystematic.
Derived terms: amethodically
altarcloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altarcloths
Senses: examples: text: The rest she had made into an altarcloth. She had used scrpas left over from the making of the cloth to decorate her niece's tunic.
ref: 1983, Angela M. Lucas, Women in the Middle Ages, page 41:
text: The altarcloth is bordered by a frieze depicting a running hound embroidered on a crimson ground.
ref: 1994, Göran Schildt, Alvar Aalto, page 262:
text: I have excluded items that certainly required the skills of a master artisan, such as chalices, priestly vestments, and altarcloths, but where the testator did not specifically call for "images," "pictures," or "figures."
ref: 1997, Samuel Kline Cohn, The Cult of Remembrance and the Black Death:
text: Pawning the altarcloth powerfully symbolized this renunciation of the abbey's liberty.
ref: 2006, Susan Boynton, Shaping a Monastic Identity, page 29:
glosses: Alternative form of altar cloth.
altarcloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altarcloth
altar cloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altar cloths
Senses: examples: text: With the expansion of possibilities for altar cloths and their ability to express the given seasons, we are rightly less inclined to use extra hangings (sometimes called paraments) for festivals.
ref: 1993, G. Thomas Ryan, The Sacristy Manual, page 49:
text: The altar cloths and eucharistic vessels will be placed on the credence.
ref: 2010, I.S. Cooper, Ceremonies of The Young Rite, page 305:
text: According to the evidence label, it was an altar cloth, slightly yellowed, about ten feet long and two and a half feet wide, with lace trim on three sides.
ref: 2015, David Yonke, Sin, Shame & Secrets:
glosses: A decorative cloth that is used to cover the top, front, and sides of an altar.
altar cloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altar cloth
altar-cloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altar-cloths
Senses: examples: text: The tabernacle was covered with dust ; the candlesticks were grown black, not having been cleaned for years ; the altar-cloths were soiled, and almost in rags.
ref: 1832, Louise d'Argenton (fict. name), Louisa; or, The virtuous villager, page 135:
text: But I want to see the altar-cloth, which must, I think, be getting into a bad condition.
ref: 2005, Émile Zola (Translation by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly), The Conquest of Plassans:
text: This century's contribution was mainly in the fabrics sewn and woven by the women of Foxford: the embroidered altar-cloth with a floral design; the dossal, or hanging back-panel for the altar, representing the Annunciation; the lectern fall with crucifix in padded gold kid; the individual kneelers, memorials to past worshippers;...
ref: 2012, Peter Lovesey, The Reaper:
text: I observed that the words which the lightning had not printed on the cloth, but had omitted, were done in red letters on the card, and were no more favoured nor ill-used than certain other marks without any significance also printed in red upon the card, and leaving no trace upon the altar-cloth.
ref: 2013, Camille Flammarion, Thunder and Lightning:
glosses: Alternative form of altar cloth.
altar-cloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altar-cloth
altar stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altar stones
Senses: examples: text: Some churches also have an altar stone, a separate stone set into the mensa containing a relic of a saint, although this is becoming extremely rare.
ref: 1993, B. Don Taylor, The Complete Training Course for Altar Guilds, page 32:
text: When the altar stone is already in place upon the altar at which it is to be used, or forms the top of the altar, and when the church or oratory is not to be consecrated at this time, the consecration of the altar stone may take place publicly preceding a celebration of the Holy Eucharist by the Bishop.
ref: 2010, I.S. Cooper, Ceremonies of The Young Rite, page 305:
text: This statement indicates that according to Exod 20:25, altar stones, like most sacrifices and like priests, are sanctified.
ref: 2011, Saul M. Olyan, Social Inequality in the World of the Text, page 191:
glosses: A consecrated stone that forms all or part of the mensa of an altar.
altar stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altar stone
altar-stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altar-stones
Senses: examples: text: Neither the altar-stone nor the relics possessed any pecuniary value, but the plaintiff claimed that they were comprised in the demise of the mansion, and ought to have been delivered up to him on the termination of the tenancy with the other demised premises.
ref: 1892, Henry D. Barton, The Law Journal Reports - Volume 61, page 427:
text: As we have already noted in the second paragraph of the present chapter, the altar-stone from Mallia is inscribed with 15 hieroglyphic signs and this inscription is written from bottom to top and left to right on account of the fact that the ductus of the signs points in this direction and that the entire combination is closed by the regular punctuation mark, a vertical line.
ref: 1989, Jan G. P. Best, Fred C.. Woudhuizen, Lost Languages from the Mediterranean, page 104:
text: In answer to his prayers and entreaties, an altar-stone, which the blessed martyr used to carry about with him, has been given to his little sanctuary, and is now let into the altar of St. Joseph's Church, at Pickering.
ref: 2003, Bede Camm, Forgotten Shrines, page 296:
glosses: Alternative form of altar stone.
altar-stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altar-stone
altarstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altarstones
Senses: examples: text: From the high barbicans of the tower two shafts of light fall on the smokepalled altarstone.
ref: 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
text: The indulgence is attached to the structure itself and not to the altarstone.
ref: 1938, Herman Joseph Heuser, The American Ecclesiastical Review:
text: The altarstone is situated just south of the stela; the area around it had been disturbed in an apparent looting attempt.
ref: 1994, Elizabeth A. Graham, The Highlands of the Lowlands:
glosses: Alternative form of altar stone.
altarstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altarstone
altogethers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Well ya sees, Faddah, I knows it's a sin, it is, I knows it is, to watch faeries in their altogethers, if you gets me drift.
ref: 2001, William L. Biersach -, The Endless Knot, page 279:
text: Armor was expensive, and it probably got in the way when they stripped down to their altogethers and shimmied up trees to drop.
ref: 2003, Lynn Kurland, A Dance Through Time:
text: Yeah, I could run around the house in my altogethers, do the housework while the kids were in school.
ref: 2014, Moises Kaufman, Tectonic Theater Project, Leigh Fondakowski, The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later:
glosses: plural of altogether (“nakedness”)
examples: text: Well, well, my lords (quoth the king), take him, and well use him, as hee is worthy to bee, and make no more adoe.” And with that, every man caught him by the hand, and made faire weather of altogethers, which might easilie be done with that man.
ref: 1623, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, King Henry VIII:
text: And they were not past one year in their possessions, but that the reversion of every of them was sold for more years ; some for an hundred pounds, and some for more, and some for less, making sweepstakes of altogethers.
ref: 1853, John Strype, Memorials of the Rev. Thomas Cranmer, page 195:
glosses: The way things are; circumstances.
altogethers
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more altogethers
form: most altogethers
Senses: examples: text: Give her this letter, for it is a 'oman that is altogethers acquaintance with Mistress Anne Page, and the letter is to desire and require her to solicit your master's desires to Mistress Anne Page.
ref: 1602, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor:
text: Accordingly we find, that while no regulations, that ever were invented or applied, could stop the operations of the great distillers, the middling ones, in consequence of strićt watching, have been obliged to give up business altogethers.
ref: 1791, Andrew Hamilton, An Enquiry Into the Principles of Taxation, page 287:
text: For as towching his exchanges, me ought to consider with whome he had to do, specially with suche a prince as woulde not be brydeled, nor be againste-said in any of his requeste, oneles men wolde danger altogethers.
ref: 1859, John Gough Nichols, Narratives of the Days of the Reformation, page 266:
glosses: Alternative form of altogether.
examples: text: We have, everich of us, severally, and also altogethers, communed with hym, and used all such Motions as we thought mighte moste further that Purpose ;
ref: 1718, An History of the Mitred Parliamentary Abbies:
text: These words she hath said to them altogethers, and to eche of theym apart divers and sondry types.
ref: 1822, John Strype, Ecclesiastical memorials, page 463:
text: ...and lastly, I might have felt inclined to say a word on that commemorative column, which the reformers directed Messrs. Green to erect and Mr. Baily to surmount with the statue of their patron saint, in Portland stone well oiled, but which column has been left shorn of some of its fair proportions, through the slackening of the primitive fervour of the worshippers, who at last could not muster more than 2350l. for the architect, the sculptor, and the builder of the monument altogethers"
ref: 1841, Augustus Bozzi Granville, The Spas of England and Principal Sea-bathing Places:
glosses: Alternative form of all together.
galbats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galbat
galivat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galivats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gallivat.
gallevat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallevats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gallivat.
galivats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galivat
gallevats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallevat
pathobiome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathobiomes
Etymology: From patho- + biome.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
glosses: A biome (biological community) associated with a particular disease
pathobiomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pathobiome
palletainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palletainers
Senses: glosses: A container that functions as a pallet
palletainers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palletainer
malarials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malarial
Myrt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Myrtle.
unelasticized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + elasticized.
Senses: glosses: Not elasticized.
angel's tears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: Synonym of baby's tears (“Soleirolia soleirolii, a plant in the nettle family”).
synonyms: word: baby's tears
extra: Soleirolia soleirolii, a plant in the nettle family
Corsican curse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Soleirolia soleirolii, a plant in the nettle family.
friendship plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pilea involucrata, a bushy trailing plant of Central and South America.
superderivatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superderivative
superdifferentiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + differentiable.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
coordinate_terms: subdifferentiable
glosses: Having a superderivative.
wide place in the road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wide places in the road
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wide spot in the road.
synonyms: word: wide spot in the road
wide places in the road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wide place in the road
HOTAS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of hands on throttle-and-stick. A control methodology where one hand rests on the throttle lever, while the other rests on the control stick; and buttons, dials, and switches are placed on the throttle and stick; so that the pilot's hands need not leave the two, to command an aircraft.
heterochylia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hetero- + chyle + -ia.
Senses: examples: text: Cases in which there was a decided nervous element, especially instances of the so-called heterochylia, were rejected, since one can never be sure that the achylia in such cases is constant and does not alternate with a gastric secretion that approaches normal.
ref: 1905, Hobart Amory Hare, Progressive Medicine:
text: Hyperacidity was noted in all, except for one case of hypoacidity and for another of heterochylia.
ref: 1914, General Medicine (volume 2? 6? page 188)
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The irregular production (both overproduction and underproduction) of gastric juices in any part of the digestive tract.
Related terms: achylia
harping Johnny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The first word is probably from orpine, another name of this plant. Compare orphan John.
Senses: glosses: Hylotelephium telephium, a succulent perennial ground cover native to Eurasia.
orphan John
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The first word is probably from orpine, another name of this plant. Compare harping Johnny.
Senses: glosses: Hylotelephium telephium, a succulent perennial ground cover native to Eurasia.
witch's moneybags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Hylotelephium telephium (orpine), a succulent perennial ground cover native to Eurasia.
midsummer men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Hylotelephium telephium, a succulent perennial ground cover native to Eurasia.
Eye Water
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: One of the biggest tasks in restoring the main line was the replacement, by temporary structures, of the seven bridges over the Eye Water, which pursues a meandering course, beside the railway, for about five miles between Grantshouse and Reston.
ref: 1949 January and February, “Notes and News: Replacement of Bridges”, in Railway Magazine, page 64:
glosses: A river in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, which runs into the North Sea at Eyemouth.
monomially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monomial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a monomial manner.
Corkerhill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5462).
ferruginations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferrugination
umbilicovesical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: umbilico- + vesical.
Senses: examples: text: umbilicovesical fascia
text: umbilicovesical fistula
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the umbilicus and the urinary bladder.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
fibrolipomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fibrolipoma
keratoleukomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keratoleukoma
micro-sized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more micro-sized
form: most micro-sized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of microsized.
encephaloscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encephaloscope
smart-sized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of smartsized.
electroencephaloscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroencephaloscopes
Etymology: From electro- + encephalo- + -scope.
Senses: examples: text: Using an electroencephaloscope, M.N. Livanov established that during the elaboration of a defense conditioned reflex to light in rabbits local high amplitude oscillations appear in the visual and motor areas of the cortex.
ref: 1962, Works of the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity, volume 5, page 12:
text: The electrical activity of the subject's cerebral cortex was recorded in a state of relative rest, after a 5 min adaptation of the subject to a dark soundproof chamber. The biopotentials were recorded from the electroencephaloscope screen […]
ref: 2013, K. H. Pribram, A. R. Luria, Psychophysiology of the Frontal Lobes, page 92:
glosses: An instrument for displaying on a dispaly screen the results of an electroencephalograph.
Related terms: electroencephalogram
electroencephalograph
encephaloscope
electroencephaloscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electroencephaloscope
encephaloscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to encephaloscopy.
right-sized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: To align Spotify with our future goals and ensure we are right-sized for the challenges ahead, I have made the difficult decision to reduce our total headcount by approximately 17% across the company.
ref: 2023 December 4, Daniel Ek, “An Update on December 2023 Organizational Changes”, in Spotify:
glosses: simple past and past participle of right-size
Parkhead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inner suburb in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6264).
ploonets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ploonet
Robroyston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Presumably named after Rob Roy MacGregor + -ton.
Senses: glosses: An outer suburb in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6368).
wikipedia: Rob Roy MacGregor
Greater Adria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From greater + Adria.
From being first discovered in researching the geologic region called Adria.
Senses: examples: text: A northwestern ocean basin system was genetically related to the Atlantic Ocean, opened in Middle to Late Jurassic time, and is known as the Alpine Tethys Ocean, which include multiple branches, such as the Piemonte-Liguria Ocean between Greater Adria (i.e. modern Adria and the its restored portions now folded and thrusted in circum-Adriatic orogens), Iberia, and the Briançonnais continental fragment, and the Valais Ocean between the Briançonnais fragment and Europe
ref: 2019, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Trond H. Torsvik, Stefan M. Schmid, Liviu C. Maţenco, Marco Maffione, Reinoud L.M. Vissers, Derya Gürera, Wim Spakman, “Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic”, in Gondwana Research, →DOI, page 80:
text: In their reconstruction model, the Ios basement, along with other tectonic units in the Cycladic islands and Crete, are all part of a subducted Greater Adria continental ribbon.
ref: 2020 November 11, Sonia Yeung, Marnie Forster, Emmanuel Skourtsos, Gordon Lister, “Evidence for the Late Cretaceous Asteroussia event in the Gondwanan Ios basement terranes”, in Solid Earth, preprint, European Geosciences Union:
text: Along most of the Alpine subduction the European plate subducted below Greater Adria, however, towards the west, Greater Adria under-thrusted the European margin forming the proto-Apennine slab[…]
ref: 2021 July, Ágnes Király, Francesca Funiciello, Fabio A. Capitanio, Claudio Faccenna, “Dynamic interactions between subduction zones”, in Global and Planetary Change, →DOI:
topics: biology
geography
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleogeography
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A Greenland-sized paleo-microcontinent in the Neo-Tethys Ocean that rifted from the north of Africa portion of the supercontinent of Gondwana and accreted to the south of Europe portion of the supercontinent of Laurasia, and thence subducted.
Hypernyms: microcontinent
paleomicrocontinent
continent
paleocontinent
Bonnybridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a bridge over Bonny Water, a river flowing through the area.
Senses: glosses: A village in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8280).
verek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As the result of the study of the mode in which the gum is produced from the verek, the author is of opinion that the starting point is certainly in the cambium.
ref: 1877, The pharmaceutical journal and transactions, volume 7, page 331:
glosses: A plant of species Senegalia senegal, from which gum arabic is obtained.
confederational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kənˌfɛ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃə.nəl/
Etymology: From confederation + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The confederational framework has been more subject to change[…].
ref: 1981, Michael E. Bonine, Nikki R. Keddie, Modern Iran Dialectics, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 161:
glosses: Relating to a confederation.
Bishopton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Darlington borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3621).
glosses: A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4371).
Related terms: Bishopston
Denton Holme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dentonholme
Senses: glosses: An inner city area in Carlisle, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4054).
subkind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subkinds
Etymology: From sub- + kind.
Senses: examples: text: The objects in the working kind may either be added to a an existing subkind of the associated kind or assigned as the initial value of a new permanent subkind created by the Add operation.
ref: 1984, G. Schlageter, VLDB Endowment, Proceedings 1984 VLDB Conference: 10th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, Morgan Kaufmann, page 21:
text: In (36b) the subject NP refers to a subkind of the kind dogs that cannot bark and says that generally, the realizations of this subkind are expensive.
ref: 1985, Donka Farkas, Intensional Descriptions and the Romance Subjunctive Mood, Taylor & Francis, page 30:
text: Let us call the taxonomic subkind relation T, with T(x,y) meaning that x is a subkind of y³⁹.
ref: 1995, Gregory N. Carlson, Francis Jeffry Pelletier, The Generic Book, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 77:
glosses: A specific type of kind; a subtype.
Kingmoor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in the city of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England, which includes the villages of Cargo, Crindledyke and Stainton (OS grid ref NY3858).
Ferryhill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2932).
glosses: An inner city area in Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9305).
Derived terms: Ferryhill Station
Tychai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tyche
Evercreech
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6438).
low-functioning autism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: A form of autism associated with significant communication deficits and low cognitive ability (an IQ below 70).
Synonyms: word: LFA
Coordinate terms: high-functioning autism
Third-Worldish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Third-Worldish
form: most Third-Worldish
Etymology: From Third World + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a Third-World country.
Third-Worldists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Third-Worldist
innkeeper worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: innkeeper worms
Etymology: From its habit of temporarily housing other small creatures in its burrow.
Senses: glosses: Urechis caupo, a North American spoon worm.
innkeeper worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of innkeeper worm
noocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more noocratic
form: most noocratic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to noocracy.
pas seul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pas seuls
Etymology: From French pas seul.
Senses: qualifier: ballet
glosses: A solo dance.
Hamworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Poole, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY9991).
Steyning
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1711).
PABA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The inhibitory action of PABA on the growth of rickettsiae was first demonstrated experimentally against murine typhus in 1942 by Snyder, Maier, and Anderson.
ref: 1968, Donald Greiff, Henry Pinkerton, VIncente Moragues, “Effect of Enzyme Inhibitors and Activators on the Multiplication of Typus Rickettsiae: I. Penicillin, Para-aminobenzoic Acid, Sodium Fluoride, and Vitamins of the B Group.”, in Nicholas Hahon, editor, Selected Papers on the Pathogenic Rickettsiae, page 227:
text: Furthermore, these newer compounds are much less likely to permanently stain clothing; the older PABA formulations were famous for the yellow stain they left behind.
ref: 1982, Stuart Maddin, Alastair Carruthers, Terence H. Brown, Current Dermatologic Therapy, page 610:
text: In 1976, Willis (63) suggested that the sensitization potential of PABA was minimal.
ref: 1996, Nicholas J. Lowe, Sunscreens: Development: Evaluation, and Regulatory Aspects:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Para-aminobenzoic acid, a member of the B-complex family of vitamins that can be synthesized by the human body from folic acid. It is used primarily as an active ingredient in sunscreen, but also is necessary for some intestinal bacteria.
PABA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Pan Asian Boxing Association.
glosses: Initialism of Philippine Amateur Baseball Association.
runners and riders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We lined up in front of the tape. I tightened on the reins, aware of the other runners and riders on either side of me.
ref: 2006, Kevin Kiely, A horse called El Dorado, Dublin: O'Brien, →ISBN, page 134:
text: Click here for your printable guide to the runners and riders
ref: 2023 April 13, “Grand National 2023: horse-by-horse guide to all the runners”, in The Guardian, London:
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
qualifier: literal
glosses: The horses and respective jockeys entered
examples: ref: 2019 December 15, Jamie Grierson, Heather Stewart, “Labour leadership contest: who are the runners and riders?”, in The Guardian, London:
ref: 2025 July 8, Mary Regan, “Runners and riders in Ireland’s race for the presidency – and where the potential candidates stand right now”, in Irish Independent:
glosses: The candidates in a competition or leadership contest.
Armenophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Armenophobic
form: most Armenophobic
Etymology: From Armeno- + -phobic.
Senses: examples: text: Out of this incident comes a stirring confusion, and some Armenophobic correspondents of European papers, in a spirit of unqualified cowardice, telegraph to their papers that the Armenians have blown up the Moslem mosques.
ref: 1905, “Letter from Constantinople”, in The New Armenia, volume 2, page 35:
text: And these Armenophobic "pillars of the Red Revolution in the East" on July 5, 1921, were given the Armenian region of Artsakh-Karabagh as a gift.
ref: 1999, Shahen Mkrtchian, Sh. B. Davtʻyan, Shushi: the city of tragic fate, Amaras, page 27:
text: In the first years of independence this nationalist ideology was sometimes applied in a dogmatic manner similar to that of the former axioms. An ethnocentric, partially xenophobic (russophobic, armenophobic, azerophobic, etc.) nationalism seemed to replace the Soviet dogma of the friendship of the peoples.
ref: 2003, Andreas Kappeler, “The Russian Empire and Its Nationalities in Post-Soviet Historiographies”, in Hayashi Tadayuki, editor, The Construction and Deconstruction of National Histories in Slavic Eurasia, Sapporo: Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, →ISBN, page 38:
text: Sadly, all the German officers whom we met during these bloody years of world war, with rare exceptions, were as Armenophobic as the Turks, some expressing themselves indiscreetly, others being more diplomatic.
ref: 2010, Grigoris Balakian, Peter Balakian, Aris Sevag, transl., Armenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1918, Vintage, →ISBN, page 279:
glosses: Showing Armenophobia.
pac-a-mac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pac-a-macs
Etymology: Originally a brand name coined in 1949 as a shortening of "pack a macintosh".
Senses: examples: text: And there she was - wearing a dark blue pac-a-mac over a blue brushed-nylon nightdress, topped off with a hairnet. It was as though Death itself had just walked into the kitchen. She always wore the pac-a-mac because a dressing gown would have taken up valuable space in her suitcase.
ref: 2003, Eric Goulden, A Dysfunctional Success: The Wreckless Eric Manual, page 20:
text: It was raining hard when the girls came back into the Brownie circle for vespers, and the gaggle of mums gathered in the Drill Hall porch, sweating in their pac-a-macs and listening to the water swishing down the guttering.
ref: 2011, Kate Harrison, Brown Owl's Guide To Life:
text: I am the only customer in the Perch in possession of a backpack and wearing a pac-a-mac, which I've yet to take off despite the sun coming out.
ref: 2017, Tom Chesshyre, From Source to Sea:
glosses: A lightweight rainjacket that can be compressed into a small pocket-sized bag.
pac-a-macs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pac-a-mac
St Leonards-on-Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: St Leonards
glosses: A coastal resort town in Hastings borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7909).
herb knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herb knives
Senses: examples: text: She took out her herb knife. She dug; she cut. Mama had told her this sort of bush was no good but to look at.
ref: 1993, Karen Harper, Circle of Gold, Signet Book, →ISBN:
text: ... Elizabeth, resolutely ignoring all the waiting chores, picked up her herb knife and went outside to her little garden.
ref: 1975, Anya Seton, The Winthrop woman, →ISBN:
glosses: A knife for cutting fresh herbs.
glosses: A mezzaluna used to chop culinary herbs.
pachycephaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pachy- + -cephaly.
Senses: examples: text: The terms macro- and microcephalic are, in any case, quite generic, and simply indicate a morphological anomaly, which may include many widely different cases, such, for example, as rickets, hydrocephaly, pachycephaly, etc., all of which have in commone the morphological characteristic of macrocephaly.
ref: 1913, Maria Montessori, Pedagogical Anthropology, page 244:
text: Like Chaucer's Miller, David Ritchie, the original of Scott's Black Dwarf, was an example of pachycephaly; i.e., he had the ability to run through doors with his hard skull.
ref: 1978, Jill Rubenstein, Sir Walter Scott: a reference guide, page 105:
text: The Miller breaks doors with his head (lines 550-51). This claim is feasible, for several nineteenth- and twentieth-century men are know to have performed similar feats. Thus 'we may be sure that between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries stretched a long, thick-set line of heroes whose pachycephaly was exploited to stir the wonder and respect of their less gifted fellows' (p 419).
ref: 1990, Caroline D. Eckhardt, Dorothy E. Smith, Chaucer's General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales: An Annotated Bibliography, page 383:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abnormal thickening of the skull, especially that produced by synostosis of the parietal bone with the occipital bone.
Related terms: word: hardheadedness
word: thickheadedness
raw_tags: not to be confused
Tyches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tyche