cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
misclose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪskləʊz/
ipa: /mɪsˈkləʊz/
Forms: form: miscloses
Etymology: From mis- + close.
Senses: examples: text: The use of the ratio of the linear misclose to the total length traversed as an expression of traverse accuracy has been known to be theoretically weak since sampling distributions are unknown.
ref: 1989, National University of Singapore, Publications and Theses, page 21:
text: The program also calculated the misclose ratio as a check to see if the garden measurement data had been taken accurately and entered correctly.
ref: 1994, Agricultural Census, 1993: Technical Report, page 19:
text: A misclose assessment should be undertaken to verify that forward and backward runs of a levelling travers, including any individual bays, are within the maximum allowable misclose.
ref: 2017, John Walker, Joseph L. Awange, Surveying for Civil and Mine Engineers, page 18:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
glosses: The discrepancy between the starting point the endpoint of the shape reconstructed from the measured dimensions and bearings of a boundary.
examples: text: Of these papers it is interesting to note that the shape profile analysed according to the Anwar and Binnie methods contained minor miscloses under static conditions, whereas the Harrison computer-orientated method appears to be satisfactory.
ref: 1974, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), Proceedings - Volume 56, Part 1, page 191:
text: Having computed three miscloses from three initial guesses, Newtonian iteration is used to improve the guessed values in a semi-automatic manner.
ref: 1983, L. J. Morris, Instability and plastic collapse of steel structures, page 57:
text: This process was repeated for all nodes along the column and the resulting deflection (misclose) at the top of the column of -0.298 mm indicated that the chosen trial value of N was incorrect.
ref: 1997, A. E. Kilpatrick, Balamuthu Vijaya Rangan, Curtin University of Technology. School of Civil Engineering, Deformation-control analysis of composite concrete columns, page 39:
topics: civil-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The degree to which the model of the forces acting on a structure fail to account for the observed shape of that structure.
misclose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪskləʊz/
ipa: /mɪsˈkləʊz/
Forms: form: miscloses
form: misclosing
form: misclosed
form: misclosed
Etymology: From mis- + close.
Senses: examples: text: In some surveys angles of a traverse are known to misclose up to 5° (five degrees) but the traverse is adjusted.
ref: 1991, Romanus Nnubia Asoegwu, Professional Papers on Surveying Practice in Nigeria, page 22:
text: Since the outer loop also contains the blundered angle, it should come as no surprise that it also miscloses by 2 degrees.
ref: 1997, Compass & Tape - Volumes 13-16, page 23:
text: The traverse miscloses by +0.44 ft in latitudes and +0.20 ft in departures. Consequently, to achieve closure, (+) latitudes must be reduced, (-) latitudes must be increased, (+) departures must be reduced, and (-) departures must be increased.
ref: 2003, Paul A. Cuomo, Surveying Principles for Civil Engineers, page 47:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
glosses: To cause or exhibit a misclose.
examples: text: Looked at as a single structure (Figure 2), the Tethyan Torsion Zone is a belt generally 1000 km or more wide, and a total length of some 40,000 km, which creeps southwards as it is followed eastward round the globe, so that the zone miscloses its own beginning by about 60° (some 7000 km.)
ref: 1962, The Australian Journal of Science, page 371:
text: Another definition can be sometimes more useful: consider a closed loop which becomes broken and misclosed due to anholonomic transformation.
ref: 1995, Roman Teisseyre, Theory of Earthquake Premonitory and Fracture Processes, page 509:
glosses: To fail to loop back to the starting point.
examples: text: when the phases of both circuits synchronize and prevents the misclosing when the system disturbance is not in a proper condition to close.
ref: 1952, Hitachi Review - Issues 1-7; Volume 0, page 55:
text: Once more the ordinary person's common sense is roughly adequate to understand that since hydraulically misclosed doors leak or " bleed" continually, the chances of a catastrophic door blow-out and subsequent decompression are lessened.
ref: 1981, Luther Yates Gore, The Engineer in the Fabric of Responsibility, page 101:
text: Environment type: temperature, humidity, electromagnetic, current exceed the threshold or change too much; typical misoperations such as mis-opening, misclosing, etc.
ref: 2019, Shuai Han, Liang Ye, Weixiao Meng, Artificial Intelligence for Communications and Networks, page 31:
glosses: To close improperly; to fail to shut properly.
examples: text: If you fail to qualify the client's needs well, you may make a poor presentation." "Or misclose the customer," commented another seller.
ref: 1993, Andoni Lizardy, Closing Tactics, page 90:
glosses: To close (a deal) in error.
miscloses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misclose
miscloses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misclose
misclosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misclose
misclosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misclose
napkin math
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Based on my napkin math—and keep in mind I am terrible at math—if you made every conscious choice to do right, your highest potential “life grade” is a D once your bad habits are subtracted.
ref: 2018, Levi Lusko, I Declare War: Four Keys to Winning the Battle with Yourself, page 124:
glosses: The act of performing quick mathematics often as a means of estimation, as if done on the back of a napkin (or in one's head).
Related terms: back-of-the-envelope
slave name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slave names
Senses: examples: text: They might not know which name to call—my slave name, Marie Laveau, or the unknown African name that should've been mine.
ref: 1995, Jewell P. Rhodes, Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau, page 164:
text: His point is to let white people know you don't accept your slave name.
ref: 2019, Patricia San José Rico, Creating Memory and Cultural Identity in African American Trauma Fiction, page 164:
text: Shipp is my slave name. It's the name of the people who owned my family.
ref: 2021, Marcellas Reynolds, Supreme Actresses: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Hollywood, page 171:
glosses: A name or surname given to a person held in slavery, or passed down to their descendants.
examples: text: 'Woman' is my slave name; feminism will give me freedom to seek some other identity altogether.
ref: 1989, Ann Snitow, “Pages from a Gender Diary”, in Dissent, page 205:
text: Muffy was my slave name. It's what all those Columbia math majors called me.
ref: 1993, George Alec Effinger, Michael D. Resnick, Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson, page 23:
text: Call me Namron. You see Norman is my slave name.
ref: 2012, Susan W. Gray, Marilyn R. Zide, Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series: Psychopathology, page 47:
glosses: Any name imposed on one by others rather than chosen by them for themselves (but generally excluding names bestowed by one's parents).
Related terms: deadname
government name
slave names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slave name
allocation unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allocation units
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of cluster (“data storage unit”).
synonyms: word: cluster
extra: data storage unit
Related terms: block
sector
Logan bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Logan bars
Etymology: Introduced by Army Quartermaster Colonel Paul Logan.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A hard-textured chocolate bar issued as a military ration.
Logan bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Logan bar
Obozo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Obama + bozo.
Senses: glosses: Barack Obama.
protospatharios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A military governor in the Byzantine empire
Obata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Japanese male surname from Japanese.
in conscience
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: in all conscience
form: in good conscience
form: in all good conscience
form: of conscience
form: of all conscience
Senses: examples: text: ‘Is she tall, or short?’ asked Mrs. Horton, still wishing for farther information.
‘Oh, tall enough of all conscience,’ returned Lady Evans […].
ref: 1791, Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story, Penguin, published 2009, page 10:
text: I ought in conscience to have made ten thousand pretty detours about all this.
ref: 1809, Walter Scott, letter, 14 June
text: I liked it when Mart came and we got the takeaway, but I should have left it all for him. Though in all conscience I didn't do it for the sake of the spare ribs.
ref: 2005, Hilary Mantel, Beyond Black:
glosses: In fairness; by all that is reasonable.
of all conscience
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of in conscience.
provincialate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: provincialates
Etymology: From provincial + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
Senses: glosses: The office of a provincial (monastic superior).
provocability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being provocable
on the hush
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: on the hush-hush
Senses: glosses: Secretly; in secret.
psephyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psephytes
Senses: glosses: A lake-bottom sediment composed of plant remains
psephytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of psephyte
Monkhide
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Herefordshire, England, north-east of Hereford (SO grid ref SO6144).
Thathri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Kashmiri ٹھاٹھ (ṭhāṭh, “personality”) or, according to some other historians, from Hindi ठठेरा (ṭhaṭherā, “coppersmith, tinsmith, brazier”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Jammu and Kashmir, India; a subdivision and a tehsil of Doda District.
pseudesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudæsthesia
form: pseudaesthesia
Etymology: From pseud- + -esthesia.
Senses: examples: text: […] and many hospital authorities are open to censure in that they do not attempt to employ a psychotherapist even in the most severe cases of pseudesthesia.
ref: 1952, Donovan Hilton Rawcliffe, The Psychology of the Occult, page 221:
glosses: An imaginary sensation felt in the absence of a stimulus.
stagnant hypoxia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Low cardiac output due to heart failure can lead to stagnant hypoxia.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Hypoxia resulting from failure to transport sufficient oxygen to the tissues because of inadequate blood flow.
ULX
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛks
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of ultra-luminous X-ray (the individual X-rays are not ultraluminous).
Derived terms: NULX
ULX bubble
ULX pulsar
ULX source
ULX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛks
Forms: form: ULXs
form: ULX's
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of ultraluminous X-ray pulsar (“ULX pulsar”).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of ultraluminous X-ray source (“ULX source”).
Related terms: english: hyper-luminous X-ray source
translation: hyper-luminous X-ray source
word: HLX
word: NULX
raw_tags: of ULX sources
english: ultra-luminous infra-red galaxy
translation: ultra-luminous infra-red galaxy
word: ULIRG
english: ultra-luminous pulsar
translation: ultra-luminous pulsar
word: ULP
english: ultra-luminous x-ray burst
translation: ultra-luminous x-ray burst
word: ULXB
pseudoscarlatina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + scarlatina.
Senses: glosses: A non-bacterial condition resembling scarlet fever
pseudosolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudosolutions
Etymology: From pseudo- + solution.
Senses: glosses: A suspension or colloid that has very small particles.
glosses: An apparent solution that would not actually solve the problem.
NULX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NULXs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of number of ultra-luminous X-ray sources a count of ULX sources within a galaxy.
Related terms: ULX
triacontadigon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triacontadigons
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polygon with thirty-two sides and thirty-two angles.
Synonyms: 32-gon
triacontakaidigon
icosidodecagon
dihectagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihectagons
Etymology: From di- + hecto- + -gon.
Senses: examples: text: Dihectagon — 200 Sides
ref: 2014, Charles W. Nigh, Geometric Shapes & Forms:
text: A Dihectagon is a 200 sided shape. Made using the polygon tool.
ref: 2016 February 29, Greg N., “Dihectagon”, in 3D Warehouse:
text: Figure 4.57 A dihectagon looks very similar to a circle. Figure 4.57 shows a 200-sided shape (a dihectagon). It looks very much like a circle now, but it isn't
ref: 2017, Ed Southall, Yes, But Why? Teaching for Understanding in Mathematics, page 90:
text: I understand what a hectogon (a one hundred-sided figure) is for instance, but cannot imagine one, at least not in such a way that my image would be distinct from my image of a dihectagon (see Descartes 2008 [1641]: 51-52).
ref: 2019, Kevin Lynch, “Knowing What an Experience Is Like and the Reductive Theory of Knowledge‐wh”, in Analytic Philosophy, volume 61, number 3, →DOI:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polygon with two hundred sides and two hundred angles.
Synonyms: 200-gon
tetracontadigon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetracontadigons
Senses: examples: text: Construct an edge-to-edge tessellation with a triangle, a heptagon, and a tetracontadigon. Is it possible to continue such a tessellation to have the full petal around the tetracontadigon?
ref: 2010, Sergei Abramovich, Topics in Mathematics for Elementary Teachers, page 90:
text: […] (edge-to-edge tessellation with triangle, heptagon, and tetracontadigon, see Fig. 25). Fig. 25 Edge-to-edge tessellation with triangle, heptagon, and tetracontagon
ref: 2021, Sergei Abramovich, Michael L. Connell, Developing Deep Knowledge in Middle School Mathematics:
text: Using GeoGebra, construct an edge-to-edge tessellation with triangle, heptagon, and tetracontadigon. Is it possible to continue such a tessellation to have the full petal around the tetracontadigon?
ref: 2024, Sergei Abramovich, Developing Deep Knowledge in Middle School Mathematics, page 82:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polygon with forty two sides and forty two angles.
Synonyms: 42-gon
tetracontakaidigon
NBH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NBHs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of non-black hole (any theoretical alternative to black holes).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of number of black holes (“a count of black holes withing a given region (such as a galaxy)”).
Related terms: BH
StMBH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: StMBHs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of stellar-mass black hole.
Related terms: sense: stellar mass black hole
word: BH
sense: stellar mass black hole
word: HMBH
sense: stellar mass black hole
word: IMBH
sense: stellar mass black hole
word: MBH
sense: stellar mass black hole
word: PBH
sense: stellar mass black hole
word: SBH
sense: stellar mass black hole
word: SMBH
sense: stellar mass black hole
word: μBH
SBH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SBHs
form: sBH
form: Sbh
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of stellar black hole (“collapsar”).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of supermassive black hole.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of small black hole (“macroscopic black hole”).
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of Bekenstein-Hawking entropy.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of Schottky barrier height.
Synonyms: sense: super-massive black hole
word: SMBH
Related terms: sense: black hole
word: BH
sense: black hole
word: HMBH
sense: black hole
word: IBH
sense: black hole
word: IMBH
sense: black hole
word: LBH
sense: black hole
word: MBH
sense: black hole
word: PBH
sense: black hole
word: SMBH
sense: black hole
word: StMBH
sense: black hole
word: VLBH
sense: black hole
word: μBH
sense: stellar black hole
word: stellar mass black hole
sense: stellar black hole
word: StMBH
PMN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PMNs
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of polymorphonuclear.
PMN
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of polymorphonuclear.
Derived terms: PMN leukocyte
MBH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MBHs
form: μBH
form: mBH
form: μBH
form: mBH
form: mBH
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of black hole mass.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of massive black hole (“supercollapsar”).
glosses: Abbreviation of massive black hole (“large and very large black holes / intermediate-mass and super-massive black holes”).
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of macroscopic black hole (“small / stellar-mass black hole”).
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of microscopic black hole.
topics: astrophysics
glosses: Abbreviation of micro black hole.
topics: astrophysics
glosses: Abbreviation of mini black hole.
Coordinate terms: english: primordial black hole
translation: primordial black hole
word: PBH
english: massive black hole binary
translation: massive black hole binary
word: MBHB
Related terms: sense: black hole
word: BH
sense: black hole
word: HMBH
sense: black hole
word: IBH
sense: black hole
word: IMBH
sense: black hole
word: LBH
sense: black hole
word: PBH
sense: black hole
word: SBH
sense: black hole
word: SMBH
sense: black hole
word: StMBH
sense: black hole
word: VLBH
sense: black hole
word: μBH
octadecahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octadecahedra
form: octadecahedrons
Etymology: From octadeca- + -hedron.
Senses: examples: text: The cell structure was considered to consist of spherical holes but for the purposes of calculation, the cells were assumed to be octadecahedra. ln this model, a compressive force along the principal axis of the octadecahedron and parallel to.
ref: 1974, International Polymer Science and Technology, page 202:
text: In fact the structure of 2 can be related to the octadecahedron and the pentacapped trigonal prism in an interesting fashion
ref: 1986, Dick Alan Nagaki, page 20:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polyhedron with eighteen faces.
Synonyms: octakaidecahedron
Related terms: octadecahedral
enneadeca-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From ennea- + deca-.
Senses: glosses: nineteen
wikipedia: number prefix
Synonyms: nonadeca-
fugazies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fugazy
ban hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ban hammers
Senses: examples: text: Selling your Steam account is a huge violation of Steam’s Subscriber Agreement (..) Worse, someone from Valve was reading. Down came the ban hammer… freezing the Reddit user out of his Steam account.
ref: 2011 March 15, John Brownlee, “Valve teaches kid a lesson for trying to sell his Steam account”, in geek.com, Ziff Davis, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2019:
glosses: Alternative form of banhammer.
pile shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pile shoes
Senses: glosses: A metal tip to a pole that is to be driven into the ground
Paso Robles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Arroyo Grande
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Nipomo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Los Osos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Grover Beach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Morro Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Cayucos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Lake Nacimiento
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Avila Beach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Los Ranchos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Shandon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
glosses: A village on the Gare Loch, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2586).
glosses: A neighbourhood in Merchiston, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2371).
glosses: A small settlement near Drymen, Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4789).
Santa Margarita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Blacklake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Los Berros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
San Simeon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Garden Farms
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Oak Shores
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
Whitley Gardens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
mousefall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mousefalls
Etymology: From Middle English mousfalle, from Old English mūsfealle (“mousetrap”), from Proto-West Germanic *mūsfallā (“mousetrap”), equivalent to mouse + fall. Cognate with Scots mousfall (“mousetrap”), Saterland Frisian Muusefalle (“mousetrap”), West Frisian mûzefalle (“mousetrap”), Dutch muizenval (“mousetrap”), German Low German Muusfall, Muusfalle (“mousetrap”), German Mausfalle, Mausefalle (“mousetrap”).
Senses: glosses: mousetrap
mousefalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mousefall
OCTS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of One Country, Two Systems, the political structure by which Hong Kong and Macau are administered separately from mainland China. Chinese: 一國兩制／一国两制 (yī guó liǎng zhì).
Dunster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9843).
glosses: A farming community in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A surname.
Saeima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Parliament of the Republic of Latvia
naphthopyran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naphthopyrans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tricyclic heterocycle composed of a naphthalene group fused to a pyran
naphthoxazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naphthoxazines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tricyclic heterocycle composed of a naphthalene group fused to an oxazine
periodising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of periodise
NFPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The non-profit association for firesafety, the NFPA was founded in 1896 and has more than 32,500 members worldwide.
ref: 1986, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, Prevention of Residential Fire Fatalities: Hearing..., page 184:
glosses: Initialism of National Fire Protection Association.
phosphorocyanidate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphorocyanidates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of cyanophosphonate.
synonyms: word: cyanophosphonate
cyanophosphonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyanophosphonates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion or group formed by replacing one of the hydroxyl groups of a phosphonate by a cyanide group
Vanth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Etruscan [script needed] (vanθ). The moon was named after the goddess in an online voting in 2009, the name Vanth was first suggested by American writer Sonya Taaffe.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: In Etruscan mythology, a chthonic goddess who guides the souls of the dead to the underworld, often shown in various forms of funerary art.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The single known natural satellite of the plutino and likely dwarf planet Orcus.
polygonogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polygonograms
Senses: glosses: A graphic representation of an interrelationship in the form of a polygon (typically a star polygon) inscribed within a circle
topogliflozin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tofogliflozin.
Okinotorishima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Okinotori-shima
form: Oki-no-tori Shima
form: Okinotori
form: Oki-no-Tori
form: Okinotorishima Island
form: Okinotorishima Islet
form: Island of Okinotorishima
form: Islet of Okinotorishima
form: Okinotori Island
form: Okinotori Islet
form: Island of Okinotori
form: Islet of Okinotori
form: Okinotorishima Islands
form: Okinotorishima Islets
form: Okinotorishima Rocks
form: Okinotori Islands
form: Okinotori Islets
form: Okinotori Rocks
form: Okinotorishima Atoll
form: Okinotorishima Reef
form: Okinotori Atoll
form: Okinotori Reef
Etymology: From Japanese 沖ノ鳥島 (Okinotorishima, literally “open sea bird island”).
Senses: glosses: An island of Japan, properly two rocks on a coral reef atoll
glosses: A coral reef atoll of Japan, currently containing two natural rocks (islets) and an artificial rock (islet), located between Guam and Taiwan, in the Philippine Sea
Synonyms: sense: Douglas Reef
word: atoll
sense: rocks
word: Parece Vela
Botley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Chesham parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP9802).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5113).
glosses: A village in Botley and North Hinksey parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4805).
Derived terms: Botley and North Hinksey
Parece Vela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Parece Vela, from parece+vela (“sail”), from parecer (“similar to”), from appearing to be sail-shaped.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Okinotorishima.
synonyms: word: Okinotorishima
Douglas Reef
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Douglass Reef
Etymology: From Douglas + reef. From being (re-)charted by William Douglas, captain of Iphigenia, in 1789, and named in 1790.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Okinotorishima.
synonyms: word: Okinotorishima
wikipedia: en:William Douglas (sea captain)
Douglass Reef
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Douglas + -'s + reef. From William Douglas.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Douglas Reef Synonym of Okinotorishima.
wikipedia: en:William Douglas (sea captain)
North Hinksey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Botley and North Hinksey parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4905).
Related terms: New Hinksey
South Hinksey
astrovirology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From astro- + virology.
Senses: glosses: The study of viruses and virus-like lifeforms and life throughout the Universe (“our universe”).
Hypernyms: english: the study of life throughout the universe
translation: the study of life throughout the universe
word: astrobiology
Hyponyms: english: the study of viruses of Earth
translation: the study of viruses of Earth
word: virology
alt: the study of artificial viruses, xenogenic viruses
word: xenovirology
post-baccalaureate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of postbaccalaureate.
post baccalaureate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of postbaccalaureate.
postbac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Clipping of postbaccalaureate.
post-bac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Clipping of postbaccalaureate.
postbacc
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Clipping of postbaccalaureate.
post-bacc
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Clipping of postbaccalaureate.
PTM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PTMs
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of parent–teacher meeting.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of posttranslational modification.
PTM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: So far there has also been an almost total media blackout of PTM rallies, which attract substantial support.
ref: 2018 April 23, “Manzoor Pashteen: The young tribesman rattling Pakistan's army”, in BBC News:
glosses: Initialism of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement.
memeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more memeable
form: most memeable
form: memable
form: meme-able
Etymology: From meme + -able.
Senses: examples: text: I fear that a good number of viewers are going to watch the new Twin Peaks eagerly anticipating the charming, consumable, GIF-able, and meme-able elements: the comedy, the flirtations, the quizzical reaction shots, and dry banter; the ritual consumption of coffee, donuts, and pie; […]
ref: 2017 May 19, Ubiquitous, “Why Twin Peaks Is Not the Series We’ve Convinced Ourselves It Was”, in alt.tv.twin-peaks (Usenet):
text: Morwenna enjoying some Monster Munch in a very memeable Emilia Wickstead dress. [image caption]
ref: 2019 June 16, Morwenna Ferrier, “What does it meme? The rise and rise of the fashion viral”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Able to be turned into a meme; having the potential to become a meme.
Riddlesdown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area and green space in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3260).
GIFable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more GIFable
form: most GIFable
form: GIF-able
Etymology: From GIF + -able.
Senses: examples: text: I fear that a good number of viewers are going to watch the new Twin Peaks eagerly anticipating the charming, consumable, GIF-able, and meme-able elements: the comedy, the flirtations, the quizzical reaction shots, and dry banter; the ritual consumption of coffee, donuts, and pie; […]
ref: 2017 May 19, Ubiquitous, “Why Twin Peaks Is Not the Series We’ve Convinced Ourselves It Was”, in alt.tv.twin-peaks (Usenet):
glosses: Able to be turned into an animated GIF image.
Lingfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3943).
this afternoon
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: There was a sudden downpour this afternoon.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see this, afternoon.
Coordinate terms: sense: during afternoon of today
word: this morning
sense: during afternoon of today
word: this evening
sense: during afternoon of today
word: tonight
DALY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæli/
homophone: dally
rhymes: -æli
Forms: form: DALYs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of disability-adjusted life year.
Related terms: alt: QALY
word: quality-adjusted life year
DALYs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DALY
SMCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SMC
Godsmark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
wikipedia: Gilbert +
Jonny +
Nyle +
O'Boyle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɔɪl
Senses: glosses: A surname.
even-numbered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From even number + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Powell explained that all even-numbered trains are being built in Switzerland and the odd-numbered trains in Poland.
ref: 2020 June 3, Richard Clinnick, “Fleet News: COVID-19 interrupts Merseyrail '777s' delivery plan”, in Rail, page 25:
glosses: Having or bearing an even number.
odd-numbered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From odd number + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Powell explained that all even-numbered trains are being built in Switzerland and the odd-numbered trains in Poland.
ref: 2020 June 3, Richard Clinnick, “Fleet News: COVID-19 interrupts Merseyrail '777s' delivery plan”, in Rail, page 25:
glosses: Having or bearing an odd number.
topiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of topile
desiccational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more desiccational
form: most desiccational
Etymology: From desiccation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to desiccation.
demoisturization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The removal of moisture from something.
strepto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streptos
Etymology: Clipping of streptococcus. Compare the suffix strepto-.
Senses: examples: text: Sinusitis is heavly operated on, and still people are suffering.
All bugs and germs are part of our system, even streptos and over 60 % carry some Hepatitis Germs without ever geting or spreading it.
ref: 1998 March 27, CC Conny, “Re: fungal infection?”, in alt.support.sinusitis (Usenet):
synonyms: strep
glosses: Clipping of streptococcus.
strepto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streptos
Etymology: Clipping of streptocarpus. Compare the suffix strepto-.
Senses: examples: text: I also have a WWW page with pictures if interested: […] look under the Convention '95 page, there are several streptos. Also look under "Take a bite of the strang stuff" for a view of a^([sic]) unifoliate strep.
ref: 1996 June 16, Justin Thyme, “Re: Streptocarpus”, in uk.rec.gardening (Usenet):
synonyms: strep
glosses: Clipping of streptocarpus.
streptos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strepto
miscluster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /mɪsˈklʌstə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: misclusters
form: misclustering
form: misclustered
form: misclustered
Etymology: From mis- + cluster.
Senses: examples: text: However, if a wing is wrongly clustered, it, in effect, has introduced a spurious wing in one cluster and its rightful cluster will be missing a wing. The effect is potentially damaging if several wings are misclustered.
ref: 1992, Greg Chungmou Lee, Reconstruction of Line Drawing Graphs from Fused Range and Intensity Imagery:
text: Ordinarily, I suppose, we think of death as taking place when something goes wrong with the physical body: when vessel walls collapse or cells miscluster or the immune system crashes.
ref: 1997, The Nation - Volume 265, page 31:
text: Indeed, the result of the fourth test case shows that, for instances when REGROUPS may miscluster a few isolated points, incorporating information from a relatively large number of ATs in the polynomial surface protects against 'run-away' misclustering.
ref: 2012, Gregory O'Grady, An Improved Foundation for the Investigation and Treatment of Gastric Dysrhythmia, page 103:
glosses: To cluster incorrectly.
miscluster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɪsˈklʌstə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: misclusters
Etymology: From mis- + cluster.
Senses: examples: text: Test-areas 17 and 18 were again misclusters.
ref: 1971, International Institute for Aerial Survey and Earth Sciences, Publications: Photogrammetry volume 61:
text: The rate of miscluster increases slightly with the increase of number of clusters and RAI objects.
ref: 2017, G. Surya Narayana, D. Vasumanthi, K. Prasanna, “A New Stratified Immune Based Approach for Clustering High Dimensional Categorical Data”, in Kapila Rohan Attele, Amit Kumar, V. Sankar, N. V. Rao, T. Hitendra Sarma, editors, Emerging Trends in Electrical, Communications and Information Technologies, page 149:
text: The thesis is split up into four phases of categorical data where the first phase evaluates the miscluster rate over the clustering on categorical data which results in significant improvement over the performance than the earlier reported algorithms.
ref: 2019, Dr. G. Surya Narayana, Unsupervised Clustering Categorical Data Using Evolutionary Optimization Techniques:
glosses: An instance of misclustering.
misclusters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miscluster
misclusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miscluster
miscollate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: miscollates
form: miscollating
form: miscollated
form: miscollated
Etymology: From mis- + collate.
Senses: examples: text: They are available in eight colors, reverse collated in pairs, and reportedly will not miscollate in copiers.
ref: 1992, American Printer - Volume 209, page 82:
text: It ended by taking another six months of hair pulling, phone calls, and tons of antacid as pages were lost, copies miscollated, and various bindings and slip cases tried and rejected.
ref: 2004, Tony Hillerman, Ernie Bulow, Ernest Franklin, Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman, page 21:
text: GW 2672's description, though based on the physical examination of three copies, clearly overlooks what Schreiber had stated clearly in 1902, that these are double-page blocks: it treats each individual page as a Holzschnitt and miscollates the first four leaves.
ref: 2009, Peter W. Parshall, The Woodcut in Fifteenth-century Europe, page 74:
text: On one infamous occasion, a graduate trainee who miscollated a pile of photocopying was bollocked so mercilessly by Andrea in the middle of our open-plan floor that he was last seen running down Fleet Street in tears.
ref: 2018, Alan Flitcroft, A Scrapbook for Summer:
glosses: To collate incorrectly.
miscollates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miscollate
miscollating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miscollate
miscollated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miscollate
miscollation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miscollations
Etymology: From mis- + collation.
Senses: glosses: Incorrect collation.
miscollations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miscollation
get one's a into g
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's a into g
form: getting one's a into g
form: got one's a into g
form: got one's a into g
form: gotten one's a into g
Senses: examples: text: C'mon Geoffrey, we're already five minutes late, so get your a into g!
glosses: Abbreviation of get one's ass into gear.
miscollect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: miscollects
form: miscollecting
form: miscollected
form: miscollected
Etymology: From mis- + collect.
Senses: examples: text: He is compelled to use the greatest care over it that he does not miscollect, fail to collect, or improperly or in any other way discharge his duty.
ref: 1924, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, To Provide for a Bureau of Prohibition in the Treasury Department, page 142:
text: On the other hand, we all know that it is easy to miscollect, so that the value of the whole hour really is a kind of precaution that we take against undercollecting a specimen or the number of specimens under consideration.
ref: 1968, Lars Stenersen Semb, Johannes Myren, The physiology of gastric secretion, page 592:
text: The collection mechanism must be resistant to externally applied physical shocks so that it does not miscollect, the friction between the coin and the collection mechanism must be low, and the actuators must generate a large initial force to overcome the load of the collection mechanism.
ref: 1987, Review of the Electrical Communications Laboratories, Volume 35:
glosses: To make errors in the process of collecting.
examples: text: I have not been so punctual in describing Earthquakes, because l love not (whatsoever the Reader may miscollect) I delight not in the Raven-Notes that do befal Recitements at large of those Subjects which I am engaged to treat of; for Who desiresr to be reckoned a baleful inauspicious Bird?
ref: 1699, John Goad, Astro-Meteorologica: or Aphorisms and Large Significant Discourses of the Natures and Influences of the Coelestial Bodies, page 463:
text: "I miscollect, at times, how young you are still," he said. "Too young, really, to have such responsibility."
ref: 1985, Beverly McGlamry, Family Bible, page 116:
text: If I miscollect not the sense of the house it is in these then 2 questions: 1. Whether the Lords intermedling in subsidy & voting it in theyr house were a breach of priveledge. 2. Query whether in Conference with us prescribing & chalking the way was not a breach of priveledge.
ref: 1988, Sir Thomas Aston, Judith D. Maltby, The Short Parliament (1640) diary of Sir Thomas Aston, page 75:
glosses: To misremember.
miscollects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miscollect
miscollecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miscollect
miscollected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miscollect
thirty-something
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thirty-somethings
Senses: examples: text: Twenty- and thirty-somethings will gladly do the work you used to do, and probably for less money.
ref: 2013 January 13, Caitlin Kelly, “Over 50, and Under No Illusions”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jan 2013:
glosses: Alternative form of thirtysomething.
thirty-something
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: What's different about Skate-N-Fun Zone this morning are the skaters, mostly thirty-something women on skates pushing strollers. Toddlers, not teenagers, circle the rink.
ref: 2004 October 28, Denice A. Jobe, “Let the Good Times Roll”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:
text: Tripp is only one of several local “failure-to-launch” sons, thirty-something men still living at home.
ref: 2006 March 17, Michael Eidam, “Failure to reach full potential”, in Daily Pilot, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:
text: Thirty-something men with slicked-back hair and bowling shirts, on dates with young women with pearl necklaces, bobs and tattoos.
ref: 2013 January 23, Joshua David Stein, “The Slipper Room”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2013:
glosses: Alternative form of thirtysomething.
thirty-something
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: examples: text: Although I can still lay claim to thirty-something, I saw a glimpse of such a grim future recently when my cat came down with the sniffles.
ref: 1994 December 28, Ann W. O’Neill, “Let Me Get This Straight: I’m the Human, You’re the Cat”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:
text: The nostalgia epicenter is the baby boomers, who grew up as cars came into their own as a mass-market, affordable entity. “Thirty-something is when people start collecting,” said Mr. Checchia, of the Franklin Mint.
ref: 2000 May 17, Cliff Rothman, “In Automobilia, a Yearning for the Days of Youth”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
text: Thirty-something, she proves, is not too early for a retrospective, which is, after all, just a way of taking stock of where you are.
ref: 2019 April 19, Siobhan Burke, “Review: You’ll Never Dance Alone (a Solo)”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2019:
glosses: Alternative form of thirtysomething.
destriper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: destripers
Etymology: From destripe + -er.
Senses: glosses: A program or algorithm that removes stripes from an image.
destripers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of destriper
despikes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of despike
despiker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: despikers
Etymology: From despike + -er.
Senses: glosses: A device or algorithm for removing spikes of various kinds.
despikers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of despiker
Rubik's cuber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rubik's cubers
Etymology: From Rubik's cube + -er.
Senses: synonyms: cuber
cubist
Rubik's cubist
glosses: A player of Rubik's cube.
quadriband
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒdɹɪˌbænd/
Etymology: From quadri- + band.
Senses: glosses: Supporting four frequency bands
fletcherites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fletcherite
Asianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asianists
Etymology: From Asian + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A scholar involved in Asian studies; in particular, an anthropologist or linguist who focuses on Asia.
unfave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unfaves
form: unfaving
form: unfaved
form: unfaved
Etymology: From un- + fave.
Senses: examples: text: While snooping through your ex's vacation photos on Instagram, you: A) Accidentally faved one, then unfaved it, […]
ref: 2018, Susan Shapiro, The Byline Bible: Get Published in Five Weeks:
glosses: Synonym of unfavorite.
synonyms: word: unfavorite
unfaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unfave
unfaves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unfave