cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
epiregulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From epi- + regulation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: epigenetic regulation
epizootiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of the dynamics and epidemiology of animal diseases
Synonyms: epizoology
Derived terms: epizootiologic
epizootiological
seroepizootiology
eurybathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eury- + batho- + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Able to live at different depths of water.
Related terms: eurybath
eurybathy
homozygosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Made homozygous
immunomanipulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immuno- + manipulation.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: immunological manipulation (of cells and tissue)
interclade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + clade.
Senses: glosses: Between clades
keratocystic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From keratocyst + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Related to, or composed of, keratocysts.
keratocyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keratocysts
Etymology: From kerato- + cyst.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An odontogenic cyst composed of keratinized squamous epithelial tissue
Derived terms: keratocystic
electrovore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɛktɹəvɔː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: electrovores
Etymology: From electro- + -vore.
Senses: examples: text: In Cosmos, Carl Sagan speculates on the existence of extraterrestrial civilisations, which he characterises pretentiously by means of hypothetical summaries such as: "cryogen supercooled electrovores with neutron crystal dense packing and modular starminers ..."
ref: 1984 November 8, Peter Forbes, “The silicon solution”, in New Scientist:
text: ! WE DO NOT CONSUME EARTH FOOD. WE ARE ELECTROVORES. IF YOU
! HAVE A SURGE PROTECTOR WE WOULD BE MOST OBLIGED.
ref: 1998 October 30, Rollin Thomas, “New Borg Graduate Student.”, in talk.bizarre (Usenet):
text: There were, Gregory knew, AIs residing within implants in dolphin brains now designed to bridge the linguistic barriers between the species, but those translations had only proven that dolphin brains were as alien to humans as the group minds of the abyssal electrovores inhabiting the under-ice ocean of Enceladus.
ref: 2013, Ian Douglas, Deep Space: Star Carrier, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: An organism or entity which feeds on electricity.
stick to one's own knitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticks to one's own knitting
form: sticking to one's own knitting
form: stuck to one's own knitting
form: stuck to one's own knitting
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stick to one's knitting.
attend to one's own knitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: attends to one's own knitting
form: attending to one's own knitting
form: attended to one's own knitting
form: attended to one's own knitting
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stick to one's knitting.
tend to one's own knitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tends to one's own knitting
form: tending to one's own knitting
form: tended to one's own knitting
form: tended to one's own knitting
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stick to one's knitting.
keep to one's own knitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps to one's own knitting
form: keeping to one's own knitting
form: kept to one's own knitting
form: kept to one's own knitting
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stick to one's knitting.
catshits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catshit
wobbly pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wobbly pops
Senses: examples: text: He describes the association as a very nice informal group who periodically gets together to swap stories and share their latest elbow-grease experiences over a wobbly pop, which is Canadian for beer.
ref: 2002, Dieter Loibner, The Folkboat Story: From Cult to Classic — the Renaissance of a Legend, Sheridan House Inc., →ISBN, page 131:
text: An occasional wobbly pop is one thing, but the consistent use of alcohol significantly diminishes any possible real long-term spiritual connection or spiritual awareness.
ref: 2012, Paul Pacific, The Spirit Within: How We Are Connected to "God" Each Other and "All-Things", Balboa Press, →ISBN, page 45:
text: I'd stay with my folks and visit my probation officer, get a job— something I could do with my hands—go to the Cairncroft Lounge on Saturday nights for a wobbly pop with Sam Bovine, meet a woman who wasn't put off by histories and scars.
ref: 2013, Craig Davidson, Cataract City, Doubleday Canada, →ISBN:
glosses: Beer.
wobbly pops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wobbly pop
etymological argument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etymological arguments
Senses: examples: text: But it goes without saying that this etymological argument in and of itself has no significance, since a word taken from a dead language may resultantly assume a meaning independent of its etymology.
ref: 1877, Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov, translated by Valerie Z. Nollan, The Philosophical Principles of Integral Knowledge, Eerdmans, published 2008, →ISBN, page 58:
text: Nothing need be said about the etymological argument except perhaps that it was characteristic of Stoic philosophers to think such an argument could be used with force, because they believed that language is not conventional, but natural.
ref: 1970, Josiah B. Gould, The Philosophy of Chrysippus, →ISBN, page 148:
text: And if we look to post-Platonic texts, etymological argument for philosophical positions seems to become common practice.
ref: 1998, Rachel Barney, “Socrates Agonistes: The Case of the Cratylus Etymologies”, in Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy: Volume XVI, →ISBN, page 68:
text: Aristotle also throws in a dubious etymological argument: this is why it has the name ‘money’ (nomisma)—because it exists not by nature but by law (nomos) and it is in our power to change it and make it useless. (Nicomachean Ethics 1133a30-31)
ref: 2005, Roy Harris, The Semantics of Science, →ISBN, page 19:
text: In support of this supposed brotherhood between ready-to-hand and present-at-hand, Bernasconi offers the fashionable but shaky etymological argument that both terms contain the word “hand,” the organ which is traditionally regarded as the instrument of production.
ref: 2013, Graham Harman, Tool-Being: Heidegger and the Metaphysics of Objects, →ISBN, page 111:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
philosophy
sciences
hypernyms: argument
glosses: Explanation and analysis—often considered controversial—of one or more concepts or linguistic terms by means of an exposition of their linguistic origins.
minute man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minute men
form: minute-man
form: minuteman
Senses: glosses: During the American War for Independence, a citizen-soldier who would fight for the Patriots at a minute's notice.
topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
glosses: A man who reaches orgasm undesirably quickly during sexual intercourse.
examples: text: I confess that the sight of my minute man ahead, getting closer and closer, gives me a little more drive even when I think I am going as fast as I can.
ref: 1986, Fred Matheny, Solo Cycling: How to Train and Race Bicycle Time Trials, page 136:
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The cyclist starting one minute ahead of, or behind, another rider in a time trial.
Related terms: one-minute man
minute-man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minute-men
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of minute man.
minute-men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of minutemen ; plural of minute-man
minute men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minute man
goldern
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of goldurn.
preprioceptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more preprioceptive
form: most preprioceptive
Senses: examples: text: This sensory output from the integumental surfaces and viscera may substitute for the normal gravity preprioceptive sensor outpourings; subject training by artificial re-enforcement of skin pressure clues may offer an adequate solution.
ref: 1958, author unknown, Advances in the astronautical sciences, volume 3, American Astronautical Society, page xviii:
text: It should be noted that these are errors in direction, of knowing whether the eye had turned left or right. Nothing is said about the usefulness of preprioceptive feedback in telling the eye which exact point in space it is looking at.
ref: 1975, John W. Gyr, “The relationship between motor and visual-sensory processes in perception”, from Perceptual and Learning Disabilities in Children, editors W. M. Cruickshank and D. P. Hallahan, Syracuse, New York, Syracuse University Press, volume 2, pages 361–393
text: Eckmiller [2] has shown through his experiment that human subjects undergo poor performance in accurately locating 3D points by hand without visual feedback, even though kinesthetic and preprioceptive feedbacks are present.
ref: 1993, Sukhan Lee, “A New Neural Net Approach to Robot 3D Perception and Visuo-Motor Coordination”, from Neural Networks in Robotics, editors George A. Bekey and Kenneth Y. Goldberg, Kluwer Academic Publishers, page 332
glosses: Alternative form of proprioceptive.
preprioception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “Marking time” or walking in place with active hip flexion stimulates circulation and helps restore preprioception to the extremity.
ref: 1982, Roderick H. Turner, Arnold D. Scheller, Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty, Grune & Stratton, page 389:
text: He totally ignores preprioception or kinesthetic awareness as a sensation that helps children develop some of the factors he is measuring, namely manual dexterity and body control.
ref: 1991, author unknown, Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, volume 62, issues 1–5, page 78
text: A neurological examination at 1 year showed the patient to have a good recovery (GOS of 5). Although preprioception deficits and poor sensory integration persisted (i.e., he was unable to maintain balance when his vision was occluded), he was able to return to work.
ref: 2010, W. M. Brooks and B. A. Holshouser, case study 43.2 “Two-dimensional MRSI in traumatic brain injury with good outcome”, from Clinical MR Neuroimaging, editors Jonathan H. Gillard, Adam Waldman, and Peter B. Barker, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, section 7 “Trauma”, page 665
glosses: Alternative form of proprioception.
post house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: post + house
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of posthouse.
stand firm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands firm
form: standing firm
form: stood firm
form: stood firm
Senses: examples: text: With Wales in a back four, England found joy out wide. The defensive effort impressed though, and Neco Williams courageously took a driven strike from Rashford to the head as Wales stood firm, but then, concern hit.
ref: 2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline:
synonyms: stand fast
hold fast
hold firm
glosses: To resist assault or pressure.
Related terms: hold firm
post-house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post-houses
Etymology: post ("mail"; "network of horse couriers") + house
Senses: examples: text: Late on the evening of their firſt days journey they arrived at a ſmall poſt-houſe, where travellers ſeldom remain longer than while they change horſes; […]
ref: 1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter XI, in The Banished Man. […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, page 219:
text: Whenever we came to a post-house, the troop of horses took to the yard instinctively, and each man seized a lassu and caught his own.
ref: 1824, Edward Hibbet, Narrative of a Journey from Santiago de Chile to Buenos Ayres in July and August, 1821:
text: His duty was to carry me to the next post-house, and there leave me to be carried forward by another similar conveyance.
ref: 1883, James Nasmyth, James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography, Harper & Brothers:
glosses: Alternative form of posthouse.
post-House
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + House.
Senses: examples: text: In one of the highlights of […] my post-House career, we were able to work together to bring about something that was extraordinary given the political climate of the time.
ref: 2003, The Cannon Centenary Conference:
glosses: after one's time in the House, typically the House of Representatives
posting house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posting houses
Etymology: From posting + house.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of posthouse.
diesel motor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diesel motors
Senses: glosses: Synonym of diesel engine.
synonyms: word: diesel engine
lysianassoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lysianassoids
Etymology: Lysianassidae + -oid
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any crustacean of the family Lysianassidae.
lysianassoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lysianassoid
macropolymer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macropolymers
Etymology: From macro- + polymer.
Senses: glosses: An aggregation of polymers, especially of polypeptides
munnopsoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: munnopsoids
form: munnopsid
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Munnopsis of deep-sea crustaceans.
nutriocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nutriocytes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neutrocyte.
neutrocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neutrocytes
Etymology: From neutro- + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: neutrophil
Related terms: neutrocytic
octamerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From octamer + -ization.
Senses: glosses: oligomerization that forms an octamer
Related terms: octamerize
pentabarbitone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pentobarbitone.
peracarid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peracarids
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Peracarida.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any crustacean of the superorder Peracarida.
phosphoantigen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoantigens
Etymology: From phospho- + antigen.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of non-peptidic antigens that are organic pyrophosphates
phosphoantigens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphoantigen
pleonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleonites
Senses: glosses: An abdominal somite of a crustacean
pleosomite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleosomites
Senses: glosses: pleonite
pollenivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pollinivorous
Senses: glosses: That feeds on pollen, pollenophagous
saprotrophically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more saprotrophically
form: most saprotrophically
Etymology: From saprotrophic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a saprotrophic manner
suballantoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more suballantoid
form: most suballantoid
Etymology: From sub- + allantoid.
Senses: examples: a suballantoid spore
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: short and sausage-shaped, with rounded ends
trilobitoide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trilobitoides
Senses: glosses: A serolid isopod of the genus Ceratoserolis, but especially Ceratoserolis trilobitoides
vasectomise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vasectomises
form: vasectomising
form: vasectomised
form: vasectomised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vasectomize.
vasectomised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vasectomise
vasectomised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vasectomized.
exgod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exgods
form: ex-god
Etymology: From ex- + god.
Senses: examples: text: A tribe subjected by a stronger one often feels that its own gods are weaker, and so they are discredited, and that those of its conquerors are mighty and so they prevail. Occasionally vistors^([sic]) seem to cherish rancor against the religion of their victims, and hence many devils are really exgods, thus degraded.
ref: 1911, G. Stanley Hall, Educational Problems, volume II,D, Appleton and Company, page 46:
text: When next I looked up, there was another exgod at the desk. An older guy. In a toga, his hair and beard long-curled and oiled. Holy mud, it could have been Poseidon, himself . . . but was not.
ref: 1998, Martin H. Greenberg, Bruce D. Arthurs, editors, Olympus, Daw, →ISBN, page 311:
text: Hex laughed and Rory started, realizing he'd been dropping his guard with the traitorous exgod.
ref: 2010, Scott Mebus, The Sorcerer's Secret, Puffin Books, →ISBN:
glosses: One who was formerly a god or revered as such.
exgods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exgod
ex-god
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ex-gods
Etymology: From ex- + god.
Senses: examples: text: A sound like the screeching blast of a dozen fumaroles split the air as the enraged ex-god countered with a clawing combination of strokes that pushed the demon backward with their ferocity into his own troops.
ref: 2006, Wayne Barlowe, God's Demon, Tor, published 2007, →ISBN, page 269:
text: The Aalim have always been around—after all, there's no escape from the Past, the Present, and the Future, is there?—but for a long time they left the management of things to the gods of the period, the same ex-gods you see here, inefficient deities who didn't always do such a good job.
ref: 2010, Salman Rushdie, Luka and the Fire of Life, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 141:
text: […] an ex-god who's now mortal (Kinich); a human who's now a god with no dang clue about her mortality status and is pregnant with the ex-god's baby (that one is me, in case you were wondering); […]
ref: 2012, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, Sun God Seeks…Surrogate?, Hachette Book Group, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of exgod.
ex-gods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ex-god
bellicostic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bellicostic
form: most bellicostic
Senses: examples: text: Religious papers in those days were much more bellicostic than today, and no spirit of irenic ecumenism prevailed.
ref: 1975, The Filson Club History Quarterly, volumes 49-50, page 78:
text: The first of our overseas, modern imperial wars may long be gone from our thoughts, but abiding questions remain — the role of bellicostic politicians and news media, the reluctant chief executive, the imperialist devotees of Alfred Thayer Mahan in uniform and mufti both, and just why it could not have been avoided.
ref: 1981, Choice: Publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a Division of the American Library Association, Volume 19, Issues 1-6, page 438
text: […] where the range of women's voices move from the celebratory to the bellicostic.
ref: 1997, The Literary Griot, volumes 9-10, page 87:
glosses: Aggressive, belligerent, warlike.
Related terms: bellicose
anxietous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anxietous
form: most anxietous
Etymology: From anxiety + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: With that patronage in jeopardy, matters must be doubly anxietous with accusations of treason hanging over his head.
ref: 2003, Madeleine E. Robins, Point of Honour, Forge, →ISBN, page 247:
text: I was anxietous; yet, determined to survive this. I kept clenching my thighs to stop myself from pissing my pants.
ref: 2010, D. W. Finton, Don't Put Her Down! You, Put Her There!, RoseDog Books, →ISBN, page 33:
text: Most of the morning had been spent sleeping, trying to escape my depressing thoughts. […] The only interruption to my anxietous morning had been Pablito's rap at the door to tell me about the vendor's wares outside the hotel.
ref: 2013, Bill Ray Chitwood, The Brutus Gate, Booktango, →ISBN:
glosses: Afflicted with or marked by anxiety.
beautimous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beautimous
form: most beautimous
Etymology: Uncertain, probably a blend of beautiful + gorgeous, blend of beautiful + enormous, or some other similar word.
Senses: examples: text: “Oh, them stories. That she's a young beautimous girl and she don't never get old or die. That she can touch you and heal any sickness, or cancer ... or scar. Your friend tell you all that?”
ref: 1991, Robert R. McCammon, Gone South, Open Road Integrated Media, published 2011, →ISBN:
text: I was in the beautimous April of my years.
ref: 2003, Tom Carson, Gilligan's Wake, Picador, →ISBN, page 133:
text: I wonder about Adam. The pride that guided his decision to eat the fore-bitten fruit wasn't for the purpose of impressing his beautimous wife.
ref: 2012, Norman H. Drummond, True Humility: Finding Power and Joy in This Biblically Mandated Virtue, WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: Beautiful.
leaf-hoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaf-hopper
boxered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑksəɹd/
Etymology: From boxer + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: After closing the set with a cutesy "Genie in a Bottle" intro to "All the Small Things," Blink kicked off the encore with Hoppus shaking his boxered ass as the P. A. blared "Thong Song."
ref: 2000 September, Bart Blasengame, “Blink-182 May 30, 2000”, in Spin:
text: You going to get down to it? said the naked man to his still boxered opponent.
ref: 2008, Lee Henderson, The Man Game, Penguin, published 2009, →ISBN:
text: As he emerges from the washroom tonight, flossed and brushed and boxered, it acknowledges his presence with a cordial flicker.
ref: 2010, John Gould, Seven Good Reasons Not to Be Good, HarperCollins Canada, →ISBN:
glosses: Wearing a pair of boxer shorts.
Loveth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name popular in Nigeria.
ultracrepidarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ultracrepidarian + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The other is for the Gatt to steer off its slippery slope toward ultracrepidarianism and avoid any interference with national environmental policies, so long as they are not protectionist.
ref: 1993, Journal of World Trade, volume 27, numbers 1–3, page 53:
text: Unfortunately, people who are competent in some areas of security sometimes overestimate their own competence in other areas, and viruses seem to attract a particularly virulent brand of ultracrepidarianism (“acting or speaking outside one's ability or knowledge”).
ref: 2001, David Harley, Robert Slade, Urs E. Gattiker, Viruses Revealed: Understand and Counter Malicious Software, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, pages xxxii–xxxiii:
text: The unabashed ultracrepidarianism evident in most mainstream philosophers' use and abuse of "postmodernism" is itself provocative.
ref: 2011, Iain D. Thomson, Heidegger, Art, and Postmodernity, Cambridge University Press (2011), page 214 (footnote)
glosses: The habit or act of giving opinions on matters outside the scope of one's knowledge.
Related terms: cobbler, keep to your last
Nobel disease
incorruptable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incorruptable
form: most incorruptable
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of incorruptible.
acromicria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acro- + micro- + -ia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: hypoplasia of the limbs, and often digits, nose, and jaw
abar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: abarred
form: abarred
form: abarre
Etymology: From a- + bar.
Senses: glosses: To bar, prohibit, or block.
sjamboke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sjambokes
form: sjamboking
form: sjamboked
form: sjamboked
Senses: examples: text: The Boers sjamboked unmercifully or shot natives whom they suspected of giving information to the British.
ref: 1903, Edward Frederick Knight, South Africa After the War: A Narrative of Recent Travel, page 270:
text: The corporal sjamboked her for certainly more than four minutes and sjamboked the baby as well.
Are you ready to swear that you saw a white man sjamboking a baby, as well as its mother?
I am.
ref: 2010, Casper Erichsen, David Olusoga, The Kaiser's Holocaust: Germany's Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism:
glosses: Alternative form of sjambok.
sjambokes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sjamboke
sjamboking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sjamboke
sjamboked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sjamboke
work both ends against the middle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: works both ends against the middle
form: working both ends against the middle
form: worked both ends against the middle
form: worked both ends against the middle
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of play both sides against the middle.
work both sides against the middle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: works both sides against the middle
form: working both sides against the middle
form: worked both sides against the middle
form: worked both sides against the middle
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of play both sides against the middle.
aspirationalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæs.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃə.nəl.ɪz.əm/
Etymology: From aspirational + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: We think of America as a familiar place, yet it is in so many ways as incomprehensible to outsiders as it has always been. The boundless aspirationalism even among its most marginalised people is one of its most striking and perplexing anachronisms.
ref: 2010 July 13, Mary O'Hara, “It's the people who provide a real insight into US politics”, in The Guardian:
text: "The late '90s had a focus on aspirationalism - more, better, bigger, faster, the McMansion and the huge flat-screen TV," he says.
ref: 2011 April 13, “Profile: Mark McCrindle”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:
text: The emphasis on heavy spending, coupled with the country's truly astounding, two-generation growth from agrarian poverty to economic powerhouse, have engendered the country with an emphasis on hard work and on aspirationalism, as well as the materialism that can sometimes follow.
ref: 2012 August 23, Max Fisher, “Gangnam Style, Dissected: The Subversive Message Within South Korea's Music Video Sensation”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: The philosophy or practice of striving to better one's situation in life, especially economically and materially.
through trains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of through train
Pechora Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A sea in the northwest of Russia, in the southeastern part of the Barents Sea.
act the maggot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: acts the maggot
form: acting the maggot
form: acted the maggot
form: acted the maggot
Etymology: From act + the + maggot.
Senses: glosses: To play around in a foolish or annoying manner.
Synonyms: act the goat
act the jennet
clown around
horse around
mess about
act the jennet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: acts the jennet
form: acting the jennet
form: acted the jennet
form: acted the jennet
form: act the jinnet
Senses: examples: text: Nobody knew, at least we never did, whether it was from just acting the jennet or out of badness that he called Babs by that name.
ref: 6 June 2004, Hugh Leonard, A night with Hilton and Michael, Sunday Independent
glosses: To play around in a foolish or annoying manner.
Synonyms: act the goat
act the maggot
clown around
horse around
mess about
acting the maggot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of act the maggot
acting the jennet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of act the jennet
injunctively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From injunctive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: As an injunction.
chigoe flea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chigoe fleas
Senses: examples: text: In one version of the legend, the move was owing to an intolerable infestation by chigoe fleas in the Pokolum area (cf. Hunn 1977, 307).
ref: 1999, Luisa Maffi, “Domesticated Land, Warm and Cold: Linguistic and Historical Evidence on Tenejapa Tzeltal Maya Ethnoecology”, in Ted L. Gragson, Ben G. Blount, editors, Ethnoecology: Knowledge, Resources, and Rights, page 52:
text: In contrast to most fleas, which do not invade the human integument, the chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans, may cause considerable damage by actively invading the skin. The female chigoe flea burrows into the skin, often under the toenails or between the toes, where she sucks blood and lays her eggs.
ref: 2002, Patrick R. Murray, chapter I, in Medical Microbiology, page 778:
text: The conditions that lead to their abundance are even more mysterious than for sand flies, but chigoe fleas are clearly more numerous in some households than others.
ref: 2009, Daniel Strickman, Stephen P Frances, Mustapha Debboun, Prevention of Bug Bites, Stings, and Disease, page 76:
glosses: The chigoe (Tunga penetrans)
Synonyms: sense: Tunga penetrans
word: jigger
Related terms: tungiasis
chigoe fleas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chigoe flea
objurgator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: objurgators
Senses: glosses: One who objurgates; a scolder or rebuker.
act the goat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: acts the goat
form: acting the goat
form: acted the goat
form: acted the goat
Etymology: act + goat
Senses: glosses: To play around in a silly manner.
Synonyms: act the giddy goat
act the jennet
act the maggot
clown around
horse around
mess about
play the goat
play the giddy goat
antiadipogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiadipogenic
form: most antiadipogenic
Etymology: From anti- + adipogenic.
Senses: glosses: That counters adipogenesis
carbonylcyanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of carbonyl cyanide.
digitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digitation
disodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + sodic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing two atoms of sodium
Related terms: disodium
evodiamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Evodia, alternative spelling of genus Evodia + -amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aromatic amine extracted from plants of the family Tetradium.
proteoforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proteoform
single malt scotch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single malt scotches
Senses: glosses: Scotch made only from the malted barley of a single distillery, unblended with other scotches.
double malt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double malts
Senses: glosses: A liquor made from the malted barley of two distilleries, blended with other liquors.
glosses: Short for double malt whisky, double malt scotch or double malt brandy.
Coordinate terms: single malt
triple malt
triple malt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triple malts
Senses: glosses: A liquor made from the malted barley of three distilleries, blended with other liquors.
glosses: Short for triple malt whisky, triple malt scotch or triple malt brandy.
Coordinate terms: single malt
double malt
hyperfilamentous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hyper-filamentous
Etymology: From hyper- + filamentous.
Senses: glosses: Very filamentous
hyperparasitemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperparasitemias
Etymology: From hyper- + parasitemia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of very many parasites in the blood
immunodetect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: immunodetects
form: immunodetecting
form: immunodetected
form: immunodetected
Etymology: From immuno- + detect.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: To detect the presence of a specific antigen by the use of antibodies
Related terms: immunodetection
iodoamphetamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iodoamphetamines
Etymology: From iodo- + amphetamine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any iodo- derivative of amphetamine, but especially para-iodoamphetamine that is used as a selective serotonin releasing agent
lexitropsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lexitropsins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of semisynthetic DNA-binding ligands, several of which are antibiotics
lexitropsins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lexitropsin
microagglutination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microagglutinations
Etymology: From micro- + agglutination.
Senses: glosses: The formation of microscopic clumps
misinsertion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misinsertions
Etymology: From mis- + insertion.
Senses: glosses: Faulty insertion
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Faulty insertion
The insertion of the wrong base during DNA polymerization
mitofusin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mitofusins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of GTP-binding proteins embedded in the outer membrane of the mitochondria
mitofusins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mitofusin
symmetrise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: symmetrises
form: symmetrising
form: symmetrised
form: symmetrised
Etymology: From symmetry + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of symmetrize.
Derived terms: symmetrisation
transducted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of transduced.
Titonian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /taɪˈ-/
ipa: /tɪˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /taɪˈ-/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tithonian.
motorvate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: motorvates
form: motorvating
form: motorvated
form: motorvated
Senses: examples: text: As I was motorvatin(g) over the hill, I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville.
ref: 1955, Chuck Berry, Maybellene:
glosses: To drive
broiler chickens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broiler chicken
broke bad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break bad
hold one's peace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds one's peace
form: holding one's peace
form: held one's peace
form: held one's peace
form: keep one's peace
Senses: examples: text: Thurio: How likes she my discourse?
Proteus: Ill, when you talk of war.
Thurio: But well, when I discourse of love and peace?
Julia: [Aside] But better, indeed, when you hold your peace.
ref: c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
text: I was dumb with silence,
I held my peace
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 39:2:
text: Ne'er hold my peace, and ne'er stand still:
I fart with twenty ladies by;
They call me beast; and what care I?
ref: 1728, Jonathan Swift, A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy:
text: [U]nless he can give better arguments than he has given to show the truth of his observations, it would be well for him to hold his peace.
ref: 1860 February 25, G. W. S., “Letter to Editor: Country Clergymen and Matrimony”, in New York Times, retrieved 03 Oct 2013:
text: Washington was still waiting last week for Franklin Roosevelt to say or do something about Sit-Down. . . . But if he held his peace on one topic, he spoke out boldly on another.
ref: 1937 April 2, “The Presidency: Economic Dissertation”, in Time, retrieved 03 Oct 2013:
text: Supermarket suppliers with a grievance have been urged to speak up soon or forever hold their peace.
ref: 2006 October 25, “Farming supermarket 'victims' urged to speak out”, in The Scotsman, Scotland, retrieved 03 Oct 2013:
glosses: To refrain from speaking; to be silent.
keep one's peace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's peace
form: keeping one's peace
form: kept one's peace
form: kept one's peace
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hold one's peace.
big-fat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Running vulnerable systems that could potentially expose customer data … could land businesses with a big-fat compliance bill, privacy lawsuit or a slap on the wrist from regulators.
ref: 2013, The Register, "500 MEELLION PCs still run Windows XP"
glosses: Alternative form of big fat.
outtasight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more outtasight
form: most outtasight
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of out of sight.
sherardising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sherardise
sherardise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sherardises
form: sherardising
form: sherardised
form: sherardised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sherardize.
adenomegaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenomegalies
Etymology: From adeno- + -megaly.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The enlargement of a gland, especially those of the neck
amartia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hamartia.
paleolinguistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌpeɪ.li.əʊ.lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪks/
Etymology: From paleo- + linguistics.
Senses: glosses: The study of the distant human past by linguistic means.
glosses: The study of prehistoric languages using linguistic evidence alone to try to reconstruct them.
Related terms: linguistics
paleolinguist
archaeolinguistics
archaeolinguistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɑɹki.ə.lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪks/
Forms: form: archeolinguistics
Etymology: From archaeo- + linguistics.
Senses: glosses: The study of the distant human past using archaeological and linguistic evidence together to reconstruct aspects of past cultures.
Related terms: linguistics
archaeolinguistic
archeolinguistic
palaeolinguistics
paleolinguistics
true thrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: true thrushes
Senses: glosses: Any member of the genus Turdus.
Hypernyms: sense: member of genus Turdus
word: thrush
Humboldtian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Humboldtian
form: most Humboldtian
Etymology: From Humboldt + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859).
glosses: Of or relating to Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835).
hay devil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hay devils
Etymology: From hay + devil, probably based on dust devil.
Senses: glosses: a small whirlwind, usually of short duration, that swirls hay pieces and parts to great heights
not the sharpest tool in the shed
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed.
ref: 1999, Greg Camp, “All Star”, in Astro Lounge, performed by Smash Mouth, Los Angeles: Interscope Records, track 2:
synonyms: not the brightest bulb in the chandelier
not the sharpest crayon in the box
not the sharpest knife in the drawer
not the sharpest tool in the box
dumb as a bag of hammers
dumb as a box of rocks
glosses: Lacking in intelligence; dimwitted.
rockheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rockheaded
form: most rockheaded
Etymology: From rock + headed.
Senses: glosses: Extremely, often stupidly stubborn
synonyms: word: addlebrained
word: addlepated
word: airheaded
word: bee-brained
word: beef-witted
word: beefheaded
word: beetle-headed
word: birdbrained
word: blockheaded
word: Boeotian
word: boneheaded
word: boofheaded
word: brainless
word: bubbleheaded
word: buffle-headed
word: bullet-headed
word: cerebrally challenged
word: childish
word: chowderheaded
word: chuckleheaded
word: crackbrained
word: cretinous
word: dense
word: dented
word: dim-bulb
word: dim-headed
word: dim-witted
word: dim
word: doltish
word: dopey
word: dozy
word: drowsy
word: dull-headed
word: dull-minded
word: dull-witted
word: dull
word: dumber than a box of rocks
word: dumb
word: dunderheaded
word: empty-headed
word: fatheaded
word: feeble-minded
word: flea-brained
word: foolish
word: fuzzy-headed
word: fuzzy-minded
word: half-brained
word: half-witted
word: hammer-headed
word: idiotic
word: imbecilic
word: inane
word: insipid
word: intellectually challenged
word: knuckleheaded
word: lamebrained
word: lowbrow
word: lumpish
word: lunkheaded
word: mentally challenged
word: mentally retarded
word: mindless
word: monosynaptic
word: moronic
word: muttonheaded
word: nitwitted
word: numbskulled
word: oafish
word: obtuse
word: peabrained
word: pratty
word: pudding-headed
word: puerile
word: purblind
word: quarter-witted
word: retarded
word: rockheaded
word: sharp as a bowling ball
word: sheep-headed
word: simple
word: slow-witted
word: slow
word: smooth-brained
word: stolid
word: stupid
word: thick-skulled
word: thickheaded
word: thickwitted
word: thick
word: unapprehensive
word: unclever
word: unintelligent
word: unsmart
word: vacant
word: vacuous
word: witless
word: wooden-headed
word: wool-headed
word: woolly-headed
word: woolly-minded
word: dumb as a bag of hammers
word: dumb as a box of rocks
word: dumb as a doorknob
word: dumb as an ox
word: dumb as a post
word: dumb as a sack of hammers
word: dumb as dirt
word: dumber than a rock
word: not the sharpest crayon in the box
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: not the sharpest tool in the shed
word: thick as a brick
word: thick as a plank
word: thick as champ
word: thick as mince
word: thick as two short planks
word: thick as a whale omelette
word: ass-brained
word: fuckwitted
word: shit-for-brains
word: thick as pig shit
glosses: Boneheaded, stupid
flea-brained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flea-brained
form: most flea-brained
Senses: synonyms: word: addlebrained
word: addlepated
word: airheaded
word: bee-brained
word: beef-witted
word: beefheaded
word: beetle-headed
word: birdbrained
word: blockheaded
word: Boeotian
word: boneheaded
word: boofheaded
word: brainless
word: bubbleheaded
word: buffle-headed
word: bullet-headed
word: cerebrally challenged
word: childish
word: chowderheaded
word: chuckleheaded
word: crackbrained
word: cretinous
word: dense
word: dented
word: dim-bulb
word: dim-headed
word: dim-witted
word: dim
word: doltish
word: dopey
word: dozy
word: drowsy
word: dull-headed
word: dull-minded
word: dull-witted
word: dull
word: dumber than a box of rocks
word: dumb
word: dunderheaded
word: empty-headed
word: fatheaded
word: feeble-minded
word: flea-brained
word: foolish
word: fuzzy-headed
word: fuzzy-minded
word: half-brained
word: half-witted
word: hammer-headed
word: idiotic
word: imbecilic
word: inane
word: insipid
word: intellectually challenged
word: knuckleheaded
word: lamebrained
word: lowbrow
word: lumpish
word: lunkheaded
word: mentally challenged
word: mentally retarded
word: mindless
word: monosynaptic
word: moronic
word: muttonheaded
word: nitwitted
word: numbskulled
word: oafish
word: obtuse
word: peabrained
word: pratty
word: pudding-headed
word: puerile
word: purblind
word: quarter-witted
word: retarded
word: rockheaded
word: sharp as a bowling ball
word: sheep-headed
word: simple
word: slow-witted
word: slow
word: smooth-brained
word: stolid
word: stupid
word: thick-skulled
word: thickheaded
word: thickwitted
word: thick
word: unapprehensive
word: unclever
word: unintelligent
word: unsmart
word: vacant
word: vacuous
word: witless
word: wooden-headed
word: wool-headed
word: woolly-headed
word: woolly-minded
word: dumb as a bag of hammers
word: dumb as a box of rocks
word: dumb as a doorknob
word: dumb as an ox
word: dumb as a post
word: dumb as a sack of hammers
word: dumb as dirt
word: dumber than a rock
word: not the sharpest crayon in the box
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: not the sharpest tool in the shed
word: thick as a brick
word: thick as a plank
word: thick as champ
word: thick as mince
word: thick as two short planks
word: thick as a whale omelette
word: ass-brained
word: fuckwitted
word: shit-for-brains
word: thick as pig shit
glosses: Idiotic.
brand parity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "Today we're all competing in an era of close brand parity, where there's very little difference in benefit performance between each brand."
ref: 1983 Dec. 19, Television/Radio Age, vol 31, p. 115 (Google snippet view)
text: This is called "brand parity," when the only real difference between products is their ads.
ref: 1994, Leslie Savan, The Sponsored Life, →ISBN, page 304:
text: Some years ago, BBDO conducted a worldwide study on brand parity. . . . What we found was that in every corner of the world, consumers thought that in most cases, products within a given category were essentially the same.
ref: 2005 April 7, Equifax Canada, “Is advertising really building brands?”, in financialexpress.com, retrieved 04 Oct 2013:
text: Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry, ran a blistering 188.830 mph. If NASCAR is looking for proof of brand parity, these final top testing speeds suggest that parity has been achieved. . . . The Ford was Matt Kenseth's Roush Fenway Fusion, with a speed of 188.494, third was Reed Sorenson's Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Charger at 187.915 mph, and fourth was Gordon's Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Impala at 187.837 mph.
ref: 2008 January 10, Steven Cole Smith, “Mears' crew chief deals with changes”, in Orlando Sentinel, retrieved 04 Oct 2013:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: The perceived sameness in quality and function among competing consumer products of differing brands.
Related terms: brand equity
adorcism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adorcisms
Etymology: From ad- + exorcism.
Senses: examples: text: Banga, which translates as "huge volume", commemorates the 13th Century slave and Sufi saint Sidi Marzuq, who was frequently aided by a collective of rûwahînes or spirit allies. The opposite of an exorcism, Banga is an adorcism, inviting a spirit to possess you and then finding ways to accommodate and accept it once this happens.
ref: 2019 July 2, “Unquiet Spirits: Ifriqiyya Electrique Interviewed”, in thequietus.com:
glosses: The voluntary, desired or curative possession by a spirit.
afterparts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afterpart
multiliteracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiliteracies
Etymology: From multi- + literacy.
Senses: glosses: The ability to be literate in terms of text in media other than paper
Derived terms: multiliterate