cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tiezes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tieze
tiezing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tieze
tiezed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tieze
trackless train
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trăk′lĭs trān′
ipa: /ˈtɹak.lɪs ˌtɹeɪn/
ipa: /ˈtɹæk.lɪs ˌtɹeɪn/
ipa: /ˈtɹæk.lɪs ˌtɹæɪn/
ipa: /ˈtɹɛk.ləs ˌtɹæɪn/
ipa: /ˈtɹak.lɪs ˌtɹen/
ipa: /ˈʈɾæk.lis ˌʈɾeːn/
Forms: form: trackless trains
Senses: synonyms: tram
;
road train
land train
parking lot train
tourist train
glosses: A road-going passenger transportation articulated vehicle.
trackless trains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trackless train
Springhead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in Saddleworth parish, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9604).
glosses: A location, the source of the Ebbsfleet River, on the boundary of Dartford borough and Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6172).
surveillance approach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surveillance approaches
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of ground-controlled approach (GCA) to a runway, where the air traffic controller talks the pilot aviator down onto the runway with micromanaged controlled instructions on turn, heading, altitude, etc.
Huantai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: hwänʹtīʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 桓台.
Senses: glosses: A county of Zibo, Shandong, China.
jiak kentang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˌt͡s˭jɑʔ˨˩ ˈk˭ən˧.t˭ɑŋ˦]
ipa: [ˌt͡ɕ˭j-]
ipa: [- ˈk˭ɑn-]
Forms: form: jiak kantang
Etymology: From Malaysian and Singaporean Hokkien 食kentang or 食蕳砃 /食𫈉砃 (chia̍h kan-tang), from 食 (chia̍h, “to eat”) + Malay kentang (“potatoes”). Historically, the choice of potatoes over rice as a staple food, or its inclusion in one’s diet was seen as a shift towards a more Westernized lifestyle.
Senses: glosses: To be westernized; to have abandoned one's own cultural traditions in favour of a westernized lifestyle; (of an ethnically Chinese person) to be mostly monolingual in English and unable to speak Chinese well.
raw_tags: of someone
glosses: To eat potatoes.
jiak kentang
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˌt͡s˭jɑʔ˨˩ ˈk˭ən˧.t˭ɑŋ˦]
ipa: [ˌt͡ɕ˭j-]
ipa: [- ˈk˭ɑn-]
Forms: form: jiak kantang
Etymology: From Malaysian and Singaporean Hokkien 食kentang or 食蕳砃 /食𫈉砃 (chia̍h kan-tang), from 食 (chia̍h, “to eat”) + Malay kentang (“potatoes”). Historically, the choice of potatoes over rice as a staple food, or its inclusion in one’s diet was seen as a shift towards a more Westernized lifestyle.
Senses: glosses: Westernized; rejecting aspects of one's own culture or heritage in favour of Western ideologies and practices.
Coordinate terms: word: banana
english: a Chinese or Asian person who understands English but not their native language
translation: a Chinese or Asian person who understands English but not their native language
word: jook-sing
english: an attitude among some Asian people to favour Westerners over their own people
translation: an attitude among some Asian people to favour Westerners over their own people
word: Pinkerton syndrome
english: Indians who hate their native culture in favour of Westernisation
translation: Indians who hate their native culture in favour of Westernisation
word: Macaulay's children
Related terms: jialat
ho kua bo ho jiak
Spacearium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacearium
Etymology: Blend of space + planetarium; by surface analysis, space + -arium.
Senses: examples: text: The dome of the heavens is overhead; its sparkling skies cover you with breathtaking brilliance. The Albert Einstein Spacearium is a rare vantage point for viewing some of our galaxy with startling Clarity.
ref: 1981, National Air and Space Museum, The National Air and Space Museum, page 85:
text: The Spacearium can accommodate 700 people. Its dome-shaped screen is inclined forward slightly to conform with the slope of the auditorium itself.
ref: 1971, Vysot︠s︡kiĭ, Mikhail Zinovʹevich, Wide-screen cinema and stereophonic sound, page 85:
text: The building will also house a Spacearium. This Spacearium is planned to be a domed audio-visual facility in which dynamic pictorial simulation of the stars as seen from the earth or space can be blended with still and cinematic full dome portrayals of space vehicle launch, rendezvous, planetary landing, and exploration.
ref: 1968, Smithsonian Institution fiscal year ... justification of estimates of appropriations to the Bureau of the Budget, page n66:
text: In this chapter I employ a selective focus on the fair, to explore its presentation of science and religion, and in particular to follow the development of two important exhibits: the Spacearium, featuring a ten-minute film called Journey to the Stars, and the Christian Witness pavilion, with its controversial film Reclaimed.
ref: 1997, Gilbert, James Burkhart, Redeeming culture : American religion in an age of science, page 298:
text: A space-age planetarium, called a Spacearium, helps visitors to picture space flight, as do many audiovisual shows and mechanical demonstrations, run and monitored from a single small control room in the basement.
ref: 1977, Thomson, Peggy, Museum people : collectors and keepers at the Smithsonian, page 7:
text: The Boeing Company (you've heard of them) is building a wild spacearium that will simulate a ride through the solar system.
ref: 1962, Broadcasting, page n1218:
glosses: A large room designed to display projections of outer space on its interior; a planetarium.
scorpion senna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scorpion sennas
Senses: glosses: A perennial plant of species Hippocrepis emerus.
spacearium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Spacearium.
jiak kantang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jiak kentang.
recycle day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recycle days
Senses: glosses: A day for residences when recyclables get picked up.
Related terms: yard trash day
yard trash day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yard trash days
form: yard-trash day
Senses: glosses: A day for residences when yard waste gets picked up.
Related terms: recycle day
jackhares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jackhare
recycle days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recycle day
yard-trash day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yard-trash days
Senses: examples: text: I’m ticked off at my neighbor who does his yard work the day after yard-trash day. Then he leaves his black plastic bags out in the yard for six days until the next pickup. Have some consideration for the others in your neighborhood.
ref: 1998 September 4, “Ticked Off! Mail snatcher, rude diner, fall merchandise”, in The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page E-2, column 3:
text: Yard-trash day is the biggest nightmare. When they dump the buckets and the barrel, a third goes into the back of the truck, a third falls onto the ground and the last third is left inside the barrel, which is turned upside down, so that we are left with two-thirds of the trash we put out for pickup.
ref: 2001 March 2, Shirley M. Tobin, “Trash collectors are litterers”, in Florida Today, Brevard edition, Cocoa, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6A, column 5:
text: Yep, if you want to remove a native healthy specimen of a tree, you had better get a permit to do so – or face a fine from the county. Often, I have seen some green viable pines waiting for the solid-waster to pick up on yard-trash day and wonder if that person has removed that tree illegally without a permit.
ref: 2013 March 17, ‘Cash’ Cashion, “Think before decorating landscape with a ‘hat-rack’ or ‘lolly-pop’”, in The Palm Beach Post, volume 78, number 14, West Palm Beach, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Residences” section, page 40, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of yard trash day.
yard-trash days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yard-trash day
yard trash days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yard trash day
Verneuil's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: hidradenitis suppurativa.
retrogradational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to retrogradation.
favositoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: favositoids
Senses: glosses: Synonym of favositid.
synonyms: word: favositid
strewing herb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: stro͞o′ĭng(h)ûrb′
ipa: /ˈstɹuː.ɪŋ ˌ(h)ɜːb/
ipa: /ˈstɹu.ɪŋ ˌ(h)ɜɹb/
ipa: /ˈstɹʉː.ɪŋ ˌ(h)ɜːb/
ipa: /ˈstɹʉː.əŋ ˌ(h)øːb/
ipa: /ˈstɹʉ.ɪŋ ˌ(h)ɛɹb/
ipa: /ˈsʈɾuː.iŋ ˌ(h)ɜːʳb/
Forms: form: strewing herbs
Senses: glosses: A kind of plant scattered on floors to improve smell.
strewing herbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strewing herb
biostromal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a biostrome.
opisthoparian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opisthoparians
Senses: glosses: Any trilobite of the order †Opisthoparia.
pleurotomarioidean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleurotomarioideans
Senses: glosses: Any gastropod of the superfamily †Pleurotomarioidea.
bellerophontiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bellerophontiforms
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bellerophontid.
synonyms: word: bellerophontid
orthostrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having coils wrapped around an erect cone.
raw_tags: of gastropod shells
pseudometamerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being pseudometameric.
pseudometameric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having clear internal metamerism but no corresponding external metamerism.
nothing gold can stay
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Coined by American poet Robert Frost in 1923 in his short poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” the theme of which is change and ephemerality.
Senses: examples: text: Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
ref: 1923 October 24, Robert Lee Frost, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, in The Yale Review:
synonyms: all good things come to an end
glosses: Nothing good lasts forever.
bellerophontoidean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bellerophontoideans
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bellerophontid.
synonyms: word: bellerophontid
braidplain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: braidplains
Senses: glosses: An area encompassing the active and inactive channels of a braided river.
nevadiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nevadiids
Senses: glosses: Any trilobite of the family †Nevadiidae.
ethanedioic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oxalic acid.
synonyms: word: oxalic acid
monacanthine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monacanthines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of monacanthid.
synonyms: word: monacanthid
lonsdaleoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Resembling the genus †Lonsdaleia.
thamnasteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Resembling the genus †Thamnasteria.
intercorallite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Between corallites.
phillipsastraeid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phillipsastraeids
Senses: glosses: Any coral of the family †Phillipsastraeidae.
fenestellate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a fenestella.
coquinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coquinites
Senses: glosses: A more consolidated and hardened form of coquina.
seximembrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: Of a conodont apparatus
glosses: composed of six distinct types of elements.
ozarkodiniform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Resembling the order †Ozarkodinida.
hyperstrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being hyperstrophic.
orthostrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being orthostrophic.
conodontology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of conodonts.
actuopalaeontology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of actuopaleontology.
actuopalaeontological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of actuopaleontological.
Potterhanworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0566).
palaeontologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleontologically.
holostratigraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Holistic stratigraphy.
seismostratigraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of seismic stratigraphy.
synonyms: word: seismic stratigraphy
aperturally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In an apertural manner.
adaperturally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In an adapertural manner.
adapertural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Towards the aperture.
periapertural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Surrounding an aperture.
asteropygid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asteropygids
Senses: glosses: Synonym of asteropyginid.
synonyms: word: asteropyginid
Easter Rising
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Easter Rising
Etymology: Compound of Easter + rising.
Senses: synonyms: Easter Rebellion
glosses: A failed rebellion by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland during Easter Week in 1916 that ultimately paved the way for Irish independence.
wikipedia: Easter Rising
olenelloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: olenelloids
Senses: glosses: Any trilobite of the superfamily †Olenelloidea.
Tama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An African Muslim ethnic group of eastern Chad and western Sudan.
Tama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language of the Sudanese Tama people.
glosses: A language family of northern Papua New Guinea.
macropleural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having large pleurae.
opisthothoracic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to an opisthothorax.
plesiotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plesiotypes
Senses: glosses: A specimen identified as belonging to a species, but not selected by the original describer of that species.
transglabellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Across the glabella.
microcarnivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to microcarnivores.
frankenmeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frankenmeats
Etymology: From franken- + meat.
Senses: examples: text: The UN, for its part, has suggested eating insects as a way of feeding those extra mouths, which may put the frankenmeat ick factor in perspective.
ref: 2013 August 6, John Michael McGrath, “The Frankenmeat of the Future”, in Hazlitt:
text: I think that’s already “frankenmeat,” which has been around since at least 2011, although I’m now entertaining myself by coming up with terrible alternatives: GrowMeat. ManuFlesh. Okay, yes, this is hard.
ref: 2018 November 9, Edith Zimmerman, “What Should We Call Frankenmeat?”, in The Cut:
text: These frankenmeats first debuted in August 2013 when Dr Mark Post from the Maastricht University cooked and ate the world’s first lab-grown burger at a press conference.
ref: 2019 December 9, Zarrar Khukro, “Is this way to a healthy future? Fake' meat, made in a lab”, in The Asian Age:
glosses: Artificial, lab-grown, or vegan meat.
frankenmeats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frankenmeat
Nocton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0564).
Sieyès
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Sieyès.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French, usually applying to Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès.
Derived terms: Sieyèsian
Yoda-speak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Star Wars mythology was immediately absorbed into gaming's collective consciousness. Its images and icons became gaming's images and icons. Imperial Walkers, intergalactic empires, light sabers, Yoda-speak, the Force, and ther other conventions of George Lucas' epic storyline became prime components in the kit-bashing process that created electronic science fiction games.
ref: 1994 February, Bill Kunkel, “The Fighters, Asteroid Fields, and Training … LucasArts Releases Rebel Assault to Please the Rebel Pilot in Everyone”, in Steve Honeywell, editor, Computer Game Review and CD-ROM Entertainment, volume 3, number 7, Lombard, Ill.: Sendai Publishing Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 106, column 1:
text: Yoda in the 'Star Wars' epic has a habit of putting the object in front of the clause, like this: / Nine hundred years have I seen. / Translate the following sentences into Yoda-speak, and underline the objects.
ref: 1996, David Crystal, with Geoff Barton, “Sentences”, in Discover Grammar, Harlow, Essex: Longman, →ISBN, page 43:
text: […] Yoda-speak often involves moving phrases to the start of the clause (fronting). […] How does the fronting in Yoda-speak compare with fronting in standard English? Is it more or less constrained than English?
ref: 2016, Kate Burridge, Tonya N. Stebbins, “Syntax: The Structure of Sentences”, in For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics, Melbourne, Vic.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, part 3 (‘The Deep Grooves of Language’: Sounds and Grammar), page 234:
glosses: Alternative form of Yodaspeak.
Nelle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ellen spelled backwards. Popularized by author Harper Lee who’s birth name Nelle is derived from the reverse spelling of her grandmother’s name Ellen.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Richterian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Richterian
form: most Richterian
Etymology: From Richter + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a person bearing the surname Richter.
Sceaux-sur-Huisne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Sarthe department, Pays de la Loire, France.
Boëssé-le-Sec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Sarthe department, Pays de la Loire, France.
soul roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soul rolls
Etymology: soul (as in soul food) + roll (as in egg roll)
Senses: examples: text: "[...] a soul roll!" Her eyes twinkled with excitement as she looked at Toussaint. Saying nothing , Toussaint quickly finished off the first egg roll half and picked up the second one.
ref: 2014 November 4, Lutishia Lovely, Mind Your Own Business, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 56:
text: Koby's buttery, flaky golden-brown biscuits, [...] had been surpassed by Mama Zola's soul rolls.
ref: 2022 October 4, Abby Collette, Soul of a Killer, Penguin, →ISBN, page 4:
text: Soul Rolls: egg roll wraps filled with black-eyed peas, rice, chicken, and collard greens.
ref: 2024 November 12, Fodor's Travel Guides, Fodor's Carolinas & Georgia, Fodor's Travel, →ISBN:
glosses: A food consisting of soul food (such as collard greens, black-eyed peas, chicken and rice, or brisket) wrapped in a wonton or egg roll wrapper.
soul rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soul roll
Llanmorlais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A small village in Llanrhidian Higher community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5394).
advantage play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: Player use of discouraged or bannable but not illegal techniques such as card counting to gain an advantage, usually over the house, at games of chance.
Synonyms: advantage gambling
Derived terms: advantage player
advantage gambling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: Advantage play.
advantage player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: advantage players
form: AP
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: One who engages in advantage play.
advantage players
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of advantage player.
Tʻang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 唐 (Táng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻang².
Senses: examples: text: The first missionaries to China, men of the Buddhist faith, called the land Chin-tan, or Dawn. Centuries later, when the rulers of the Tʻang dynasty had made the Empire the most polished nation of the world, the Hills of Tʻang became the popular name for the whole land, a designation still frequently used in regions south of the Yang-tzŭ Kiang. This little volume does not pretend to discuss fully either the land or the people of China. All that is attempted is to furnish a glimpse of the hills and men of Tʻang, and to sketch, in outline, the Christian dawn as it is touching mountain and plain, city and hamlet, throughout this most populous empire.
ref: 1898, Harlan P. Beach, “The World of the Chinese”, in Dawn on the Hills of Tʻang, New York, →OCLC, page 1:
text: So, even in comparatively modern China, 1500 years later, the third emperor of the T‘ang dynasty married his father’s concubine, and she ultimately reigned as empress in her own right, which is in itself an outrage upon the “rites.”
ref: 1908, Edward Harper Parker, “Women and Morals”, in Ancient China Simplified, London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., →OCLC, page 243:
text: At the present time it is reasonable to accept the tradition that Jao-chou, which had first come into production in the T‘ang dynasty, though somewhat intermittently,¹ began to develop a clearly defined range of white porcelains during the Sung, the potters, however, seeming only to have worked at times when the demands of agriculture were not too exacting, or when the season was bad.
ref: 1974, Margaret Medley, “The White Wares of Jao-chou”, in Yüan Porcelain and Stoneware, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 14:
qualifier: orthodox
glosses: Alternative form of Tang.
thrupple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrupples
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of throuple.
theophanically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From theophanic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a theophanic manner.
boyfailures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boyfailure
boyfail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boyfails
Etymology: Compound of boy + fail.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of boyfailure.
synonyms: word: boyfailure
boyfails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boyfail
failboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: failboys
Etymology: Compound of fail + boy.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of boyfailure.
synonyms: word: boyfailure
failboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of failboy
hojok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The taepyeongso.
Gay Freedom Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: June 28, celebrated as the anniversary of Stonewall.
antigayness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From antigay + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Just as we recognize that racism and sexism are crucial issues that divide us, […] and are therefore issues that all working people must deal with, just so we raise the issue of gay oppression and the need to combat anti-gayness in a spirit of unity.
ref: 1976 February 14, Michael Bumblebee, quoting Gay Caucus, “Gay Folks and The 'Hard Times'”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 33, page 3:
glosses: homophobia
trifocalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trifocal + -ization. Can also be analyzed as tri- + focalization.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: The division of the Philippine education system into three distinct levels of governance and management by the Department of Education for basic education, TESDA for technical-vocational education and training, and CHED for higher education.
MUDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmudɑ/
Senses: qualifier: Malaysian politics
glosses: Acronym of Malaysian United Democratic Alliance
well nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: well nuts
Senses: hypernyms: nut
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hardware#Noun
glosses: A type of nut with bulging rubber that grips the hole when the screw is screwed in. Its principle of operation is much like that of an anchor bolt.
Related terms: jack nut
well nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of well nut
jack nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jack nuts
Etymology: From the idea that the nut is jacked into its deformed (expanded) state by a jackscrew-like action of the screw. In practice this step is often performed with a tool that screws in and backs out again, and then the final mating screw follows afterward.
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: nut
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glosses: A type of nut with a sheet metal body that mushrooms outward, on the far side of the hole through the substrate, when the screw is screwed in, thus providing anchoring with only one-sided access to the hole. It is nearly equivalent to the female portion of a molly bolt.
Related terms: jackscrew
screwjack
well nut
jack nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jack nut
T-nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T-nuts
Senses: hypernyms: nut
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fastener#Noun
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hardware#Noun
glosses: Any of two or more types of nut with a shape, in profile, suggesting the capital letter T.
Such a nut die-formed from sheet metal and used in woodworking.
hypernyms: nut
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fastener#Noun
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hardware#Noun
glosses: Any of two or more types of nut with a shape, in profile, suggesting the capital letter T.
Such a nut milled from thick metal stock and used in machinery.
Related terms: T-slot
T-nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of T-nut
Nova Scotia peninsula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Nova Scotia peninsula
Senses: glosses: A peninsula in Nova Scotia, Canada.
E-stonia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of e- (“digital”) + Estonia, from the country's reputation as a digitally advanced society.
Senses: examples: text: With Internet cafes dotting the Estonian urban landscape, Estonia (or E-stonia) is one of the most Internet-connected countries in Eastern Europe.
ref: 2006, Kevin O’Connor, Culture And Customs of the Baltic States, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 153:
text: Wireless internet access (wi-fi) is marvellously widespread in ‘E-stonia’ (you may find yourself wondering why your own country lags so far behind this tech-savvy wizard).
ref: 2009, Carolyn Bain, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 165:
text: So Estonia became E-stonia—a neat [Toomas Hendrik] Ilves joke. And with the help of a government-backed technology investment body, called the Tiger Leap Foundation, all Estonian schools were online by the late 1990s.
ref: 2013 May 16, Tim Mansel, “How Estonia became E-stonia”, in BBC News:
glosses: Estonia.
administratorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more administratorial
form: most administratorial
Etymology: From administrator + -ial
Senses: synonyms: administerial
glosses: Of or relating to an administrator or administration.
acne neonatorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Acneiform eruptions of infants and small children (acne neonatorum and infantum) are rare.
ref: 1979, Korting, G. W. (Günter Waldemar), Diseases of the skin in children and adolescents : a color atlas, page 200:
text: There’s another slightly more serious and persistent type of acne that affects some babies, called infantile acne or acne neonatorum.
ref: 2010, Liebmann-Smith, Joan, Baby body signs : the head-to-toe guide to your child's health, from birth through the toddler years, page 162:
synonyms: neonatal acne
acne infantum
neonatal cephalic pustulosis
glosses: A type of acne that develops in newborns, characterised by open and closed comedones on the cheeks, chin and forehead.
Regerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Regerian
form: most Regerian
Etymology: From Reger + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Max Reger or his music.
WWDC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /dʌb dʌb diː siː/
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Worldwide Developers Conference, held annually by Apple Inc.
Derrideans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Derridean
hyperpneustic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In the most primitive condition twelve spiracles are present, being located on each of the thoracic and the anterior nine abdominal segments. This condition, however, is only known in the embryonic state of Leptinotarsa, In the postembryonic stages eleven pairs of spiracles, at most, are exceptionally present in the hyperpneustic insects, such as Japyx spp., which are provided with the prothoracic spiracles.
ref: 1936, Philippine Journal of Science, page 196:
text: A hyperpneustic condition occurs in the dipluran family Japygidae, where additional spiracles are present in the meso- and metathorax.
ref: 2013, Beutel, Rolf, Insect morphology and phylogeny : a textbook for students of entomology, page 85:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of certain diplurans, having an abnormally high number of thoracic spiracles (openings for respiration).
asparagus bed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asparagus beds
Senses: glosses: A portion of land designated for growing asparagus.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An obstacle made of upright pieces of steel, wood, or concrete.
asparagus beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asparagus bed
asparagus root
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asparagus roots
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shatavari.
synonyms: word: shatavari
asparagus roots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asparagus root
clay shale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clay shales
Senses: glosses: A sedimentary rock composed primarily of clay minerals and silt-sized particles.
clayshale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clayshales
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clay shale.
sprue asparagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The thin shoots of asparagus picked first during cultivation.
platycerid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: platycerids
Senses: glosses: Synonym of platyceratid.
synonyms: word: platyceratid
cricoconarid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cricoconarids
Senses: glosses: Any lophophorate of the class †Cricoconarida.
geopetally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a geopetal manner.
may tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: may trees
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hawthorn.
synonyms: word: hawthorn
may trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of may tree
Low Dinsdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Neasham parish, Darlington borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3411).
Related terms: Over Dinsdale
chonolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chonoliths
Senses: glosses: A type of igneous rock intrusion.
Founder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Founders
Senses: examples: text: As the Founders saw it, the great driver of freedom was knowledge.
ref: 2025 April 26, Simon Schama, “The war on knowledge”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:
glosses: A Founding Father.
Founders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Founder
imoutos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imouto
ethmolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethmoliths
Senses: glosses: A funnel-shaped body of igneous rock that intrudes into stratified rocks.
Dying Earth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dying Earths
Etymology: From the name of Jack Vance's short story collection The Dying Earth.
Senses: examples: text: The Dying Earth sub-genre of sci-fi is a very distinctive story that’s all about preparing for Earth’s demise. Something is going terribly wrong, and unless humanity can find a way to escape to the stars, it’s going to be over for the human race. These types of books might be a little bleak, but personally, I am obsessed with them.
ref: 2023 August 17, Mara Franzen, “Dying Earth Sci-Fi Books: We Gotta Find a New Planet, and Fast!”, in bookriot.com:
glosses: A subgenre of science fantasy or science fiction which takes place in the far future at either the end of life on Earth or the end of time, when the laws of the universe themselves fail.
examples: text: Explore the expansive universe of The Dying Earth novel series in the Dungeons Crawl Classics roleplaying game adaptation.
ref: 2021 June 28, Alex Meehan, “The Dying Earth novels have been adapted into a roleplaying game based on classic D&D”, in dicebreaker.com:
glosses: A work or production in this style.
sphenolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sphenoliths
Senses: glosses: A wedge-shaped mass of igneous rock that intrudes into surrounding layers.
c.c.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: a+c.c.=a+a^*=2ℜa
glosses: complex conjugate of the previous term
Wilmerding
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
subsilicic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a low content of silica.
mediosilicic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having an intermediate level of silica content.
monosilicic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of orthosilicic acid.
synonyms: word: orthosilicic acid
pyrosilicic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A chemical compound with the formula H₆Si₂O₇
disilicic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pyrosilicic acid.
synonyms: word: pyrosilicic acid
BJM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of Brian Jonestown Massacre.
catne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of cat + acne.
Senses: glosses: Feline acne, a type of acne that affects domesticated cats, usually on the chin or the surrounding area.
French artichoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French artichokes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of globe artichoke.
synonyms: word: globe artichoke
French artichokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of French artichoke
green artichoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green artichokes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of globe artichoke.
synonyms: word: globe artichoke
green artichokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green artichoke
French bassoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of French bassoon
globe algae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: globe algae
Senses: glosses: Synonym of volvox.
synonyms: word: volvox
dwarfin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dwarfin
form: most dwarfin
Etymology: From dwarf + -in, after elfin.
Senses: examples: text: 12 [Contents] Blood [Possible Types] Human, orcish, dwarfin, elfin, dragon, halfling […] On the east wall is a dwarfin skeleton, suspended from a pair of irons near the ceiling, giving the entire chamber a macabre presence.
ref: 1981, Mike Carr, Dungeon Module B1: In Search of the Unknown (Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set), Lake Geneva, Wis.: TSR Hobbies, Inc., →ISBN, pages 11 and 16:
text: “You dwarves really believe in that old hag?” The soldier continued without waiting for an answer. “Ahm… You are dwarfin, pretty miss? I mean, well, you dress dwarfin, but you don’t look it.”
ref: 2012, Tad C. Rhoden, “Night Things”, in Don’t Call Me Hobbit: A Novel, Bradenton, Fla.: BookLocker.com, Inc., →ISBN, page 92:
text: ‘We walk?’ asked the gnome, rustling his sheets encouragingly. I thought for a moment. Not a bad deal, actually. A smart idea for conveying information at an acceptable price. Or would it be too embarrassing to walk the streets with a gabbling dwarfin tow?
ref: 2012, Walter Moers, translated by John Brownjohn, “All in Gothic”, in The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books (A Novel from Zamonia; 6), New York, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, →ISBN, page 67:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or resembling dwarves.
dwarfin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dwarfins
Etymology: From dwarf + -in, after elfin.
Senses: examples: text: Late I ſaw beſide the * banquet, / A new couch in Odin’s hall; / Arms unclaim’d, the Dwarfins’ labour, / Hung againſt the gilded wall.
ref: 1801, W. B., “Hialmar and Hyrinda”, in Joshua Edkins, editor, A Collection of Poems, Mostly Original, by Several Hands, Dublin: […] [F]or the editor, by Graisberry & Co., →OCLC, page 37:
text: The Dwarfins are a culture of Elfins that are small in stature and live in the mountainous regions.
ref: 2011, Dennis A. Pearson, “Julian and Papa Fairy”, in The Enchantment of Dandelion Acres: A Fairytale, Baltimore, Md.: PublishAmerica, →ISBN, page 69:
text: “For one night. I hope that’s acceptable.” / “It is to me. But it be unusual to let dwarves here.” Looking at Aram he said. “Biggest dwarfin ever I seen.”
ref: 2012, Tad C. Rhoden, “Play Dumb”, in Don’t Call Me Hobbit: A Novel, Bradenton, Fla.: BookLocker.com, Inc., →ISBN, page 70:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A dwarf.
dwarfins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dwarfin
black-pilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of black-pill
black-pilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more black-pilled
form: most black-pilled
Senses: examples: text: Like many young men, Mangione seemed to be some level of “blackpilled,” which in internet terminology is to say he was generally pessimistic about the state of the world and ready to go to extreme lengths to do something about it.
ref: 2024 December 12, Rebecca Jennings, “Luigi Mangione and the blackpilling of America”, in Vox, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2024:
text: One reason to stress these aspects of the Trump agenda (and the falling poll numbers that indicate their costs) is that black-pilled conservatives are understandably allergic to being lectured (especially from elite pulpits) that the situation isn’t as bleak as they believe.
ref: 2025 April 26, Ross Douthat, “Why Is Trump Struggling? His Administration Is Too Black-Pilled.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Despite the DOJ's findings, skepticism persists among some of Trump's supporters and critics. Far-right activist Laura Loomer criticized Bondi on social media, saying, "If she doesn't get fired over this Epstein memo, people are going to be so black pilled," suggesting the administration was hiding the truth.
ref: 2025 July 11, Jesus Mesa and Gabe Whisnant, “Steve Bannon Issues Midterm Warning to Republicans Over Epstein Files”, in Newsweek:
glosses: Infected with a sense of nihilism.
florettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of florette
gateperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gatepersons
form: gatepeople
Etymology: From gate + -person, after gateman.
Senses: examples: text: In three years of operation, full-time staff positions were increased from 27 to 67 in 1977, supplemented by 275 part-time employees: stagehands, gatepersons, and security personnel.
ref: 1980, Richard M. Hodgetts; Max S. Wortman, Jr., “The Rainbow Civic Center”, in Administrative Policy: Text and Cases in Strategic Management (The Wiley Series in Management), 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, part 5 (Urban Administration), page 640, column 2:
text: In perhaps the most ill-advised innovation, the IC took all its trainmen, gatepersons, and ticket agents out of the traditional blue railroad uniforms and into airline-style clothing.
ref: 1993, Alan R. Lind, “The Railroad Within a Railroad: IC’s Chicago Suburban Lines”, in From the Lakes to the Gulf: The Illinois Central Story: An Illustrated History of the ‘Main Line of Mid-America’, Park Forest, Ill.: Transport History Press, →OCLC, page 65, column 1:
text: When you know the roles you have to fill you need to know how many of each role you will require, for example ‘gateperson’ is a role, but you will require as many gatepeople as you have gates, plus some reserves.
ref: 2004, Des Conway, “Staffing”, in The Event Manager’s Bible: How to Plan and Deliver an Event, Oxford, Oxfordshire: How To Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 176:
glosses: A gatekeeper.
gatepersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gateperson
gatepeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gateperson
anegosexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anegosexual
form: most anegosexual
Etymology: From an- + ego- + -sexual.
Senses: examples: text: Sapph […] [Sexuality] Pansexual; Autochorissexual/Anegosexual Autochrorisromantic^([sic])/Anegoromantic
ref: 2019 May, Rebekah Dawson, “Table 1: Participant Identities”, in Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Experiences with Expanding Identity Language: An Exploration into the Use and Function of Identity Language in the LGBT+ Community, Murfreesboro, Tenn.: Middle Tennessee State University, Appendix B, page 70:
text: “[…] He’s ace. He doesn’t experience sexual attraction. That’s what being ace is, isn’t it?” / “Well, as I’ve told you before, I think it’s a little more complicated than that. There are shades of grey.” / “Not when you’ve tetra-thingy vision there aren’t. What you see as grey, I see as loads of yellows and pale blues.” / “I meant that there are various permutations.” / “Don’t I know it!” said Raith, dismissively. “Demisexual. Freysexual. Greysexual. Anegosexual—what the fuck is that? I’ve seen it all on Tumblr and Reddit.”
ref: 2019 November 4, Jude Tresswell, chapter 2, in Body Parts and Mind Games (County Durham Quad; 4), →ISBN:
text: (ID497, cis woman, anegosexual, age 32). […] In some cases, participants preferred to use labels that were “technically correct,” such as the participant who identified as “anegosexual” to describe their sexuality centered around a preference for fictional sex.
ref: 2021 July 6, Nicolette K. R. Zangari, Selecting a Sexual Orientation Label: How Individuals Decide What Label to Use, Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas, pages 96 and 111:
text: Aegosexual (also known as anegosexual, historically referred to as autochorissexual) is a micro-label within the asexual spectrum that pertains to individuals experiencing a detachment from the object of arousal.
ref: [2023 February 19, Sohini Chakraborty, “The Spectrum of Asexuality a Deep Dive into the Community, Its History, and the Legal Barriers”, in Rishikesh Dave, editor, Jus Corpus Law Journal, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: Ayush Pandey, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 155:
text: Dr. Ramos had done some research and found a relatively recently coined term, anegosexual, which essentially meant he was unable to feel sexual arousal when imagining himself as part of the encounter.
ref: [2023 October 15, Feral Sephrian [pseudonym], chapter 1, in Butterfly’s Kiss, JMS Books LLC, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of aegosexual.
NINs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NIN
chronometrophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”) (compare English chronometer (“device for measuring time”)) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: The exhibition includes timepieces built into swords or masquerading as medicine cases, as well as paintings and watercolours about time in general.[…]Those who don’t suffer from chronometrophobia (fear of clocks), should find this exhibition satisfyingly intriguing.
ref: 2000 September 22, Samantha Ellis, “Last Chance”, in Evening Standard, London, section “Exhibition”, page 60:
text: Perhaps they've developed chronometrophobia. Then again, she might have fallen out of the nest once too often as a chick, or maybe the constant tick tock has taken its toll.
ref: 2012, Richard J. Atkinson, Animal Pursuits, →ISBN:
text: One (Echolocation; Multitudes; The rooms we leave; Athazagoraphobia; Magician dreams; Housefly; Inchoate; Memory as diagnosis; Heroes; Superstitions; A brief history of salt; Chronometrophobia; Claustrophobia)
ref: 2018, Arthur Nahill, Murmurations, Auckland: Two Hemispheres Poetry, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of chronomentrophobia.
Bradwall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Bradwall Green
glosses: A civil parish and small village in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7563).
NIMC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The NIMC temporarily shut down registration centers on December 21, due to non-adherence to Covid-19 measures.
ref: 2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of National Identity Management Commission.
Bradwall Green
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bradwall, Cheshire, England, for the village.
synonyms: word: Bradwall
word: Cheshire
word: England
word: for the village
Wanlockhead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Situated at the head of Wanlock Water, a stream that flows north-west.
Senses: glosses: A village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, close to the border with South Lanarkshire (OS grid ref NS8713).
phenotypic masking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The masking of the phenotype in strains of drug-dependent bacteria.
Travolt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Travolts
form: Travolting
form: Travolted
form: Travolted
Senses: examples: text: Hustling at the door to get into Studio 54 / Well, I was in and everybody was Travolting
ref: 1979, “Fashion Pack”, in Never Trust a Pretty Face, performed by Amanda Lear:
text: As I lock eyes with a sleek-headed boy with a high IFR, Travolting away like there's no tomorrow.
ref: 2002, Andrea Semple, The Ex-Factor, →ISBN, page 165:
glosses: To dance in the manner of John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.
North Tyne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The head of the North Tyne is reached at Deadwater, 36 miles from Hexham. The river has its source just on the English side of the Border, at the foot of Peel Fell, the most westerly spur of the Cheviots. At first it is a sluggish stream (hence the name Deadwater) but begins to flow more swiftly before it reaches Kielder.
ref: 1955 September, H. A. Vallance, “The Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 594:
glosses: A river in Northumberland, England, which meets the South Tyne near Hexham and becomes the River Tyne.
phenotypic mixing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
sciences
virology
glosses: The production of virus particles with differently structured capsids, each made under a unique genome.