cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pterygomaxillary fossa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pterygomaxillary fossae
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of pterygopalatine fossa.
synonyms: word: pterygopalatine fossa
pterygomaxillary fossae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pterygomaxillary fossa
sphenomaxillary fossa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sphenomaxillary fossae
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of pterygopalatine fossa.
synonyms: word: pterygopalatine fossa
sphenomaxillary fossae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sphenomaxillary fossa
sphenopalatine fossa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sphenopalatine fossae
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of pterygopalatine fossa.
synonyms: word: pterygopalatine fossa
sphenopalatine fossae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sphenopalatine fossa
Ardusat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Ardusat.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Maramureș County, Romania.
Slătioara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Slătioara.
Senses: glosses: A village in Strâmtura, Maramureș County, Romania.
glosses: A commune of Olt County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Slătioara, Olt County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Râșca, Suceava County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Stulpicani, Suceava County, Romania.
glosses: A commune of Vâlcea County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Slătioara, Vâlcea County, Romania.
Șcheia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Șcheia.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Iași County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Șcheia, Iași County, Romania.
glosses: A commune of Suceava County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Șcheia, Suceava County, Romania.
The Hundred
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A short form of professional cricket that lasts for 100 balls.
non-captive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + captive.
Senses: examples: text: For trains to play a major role in reducing carbon and other pollutants through modal shift, the railway will have to do more to win over the growing proportion of non-captive passengers who will have the choice of whether or not to use rail over other modes.
ref: 2021 July 14, Anthony Lambert, “Grand designs on superior interiors”, in RAIL, number 935, page 49:
glosses: Alternative form of noncaptive.
Monument Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Monument Valley is full of Europeans, busloads from Italy and Germany and France, trying to experience our Eiffel Tower, our Colosseum.
ref: 2006 April 2, Timothy Egan, “Monument Valley: Endless Earth, Infinite Sky”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A region of the Colorado Plateau on the Arizona–Utah state line, famous for its vast sandstone buttes.
Urak Lawoi'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language of southern Thailand, belonging to the Malayic group of Austronesian languages.
deadnettle leaf beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deadnettle leaf beetle
deadnettle leaf beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deadnettle leaf beetles
Senses: glosses: A beetle species (Fasta fastuosa, syn. Chrysolina fastuosa) specific to the leaves of deadnettles.
headchopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headchoppers
Etymology: From head + chopper, from its appearing to have the ability to decapitate a tall rider.
Senses: glosses: A rollercoaster element designed to give the illusion of bringing riders' heads or arms dangerously close to ride structure.
Coordinate terms: footchopper
foot chopper
recharge one's batteries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recharges one's batteries
form: recharging one's batteries
form: recharged one's batteries
form: recharged one's batteries
form: recharge one's battery
Senses: glosses: To recover mentally and/or physically by taking a break or engaging in a relaxing activity.
broke ground
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break ground
Dlouhy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dlouhys
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Dlouhý.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Eberling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eberlings
Etymology: Borrowed from German Eberling.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Eberlings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Eberling
Dlouhys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dlouhy
Fahs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fahses
Etymology: Various origins:
* A variant of German Faas.
* Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فحص (faḥṣ).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fahses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fahs
Febos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Febo
Fait
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Faits
Etymology: Various origins:
* A variant of German Veit.
* Borrowed from Czech or Polish Fait, both from the German surname.
* Perhaps from an obsolete English personal name derived from Anglo-Norman afaitie (“accomplished, skillful”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Esmail
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Esmails
Etymology: Variant of Ismail. This variant is mostly found in Iran, Levant and Egypt.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Persian, Maguindanao and Arabic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Esmails
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Esmail
Faits
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fait
Goecke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Goeckes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Göcke.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Ganzer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ganzers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Ganzer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Ganzers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ganzer
Goeckes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Goecke
Kinsinger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kinsingers
Etymology: Variant of Kensinger.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kinsingers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kinsinger
Lopezmorales
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lopezmoraleses
Etymology: From Lopez + Morales.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Lopezmoraleses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lopezmorales
Kubases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kubas
tree of knowledge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trees of knowledge
Senses: examples: text: Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most / Must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth, / The Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life.
ref: 1817, Lord Byron, Manfred:
text: She asked her wise rebbe how God came to be in His place, and where He found the stuff to make the world of[…]. Finding from his unsatisfying replies that the rebbe was but a barren branch on the tree of knowledge, the good little girl never betrayed to the world, by look or word, her discovery of his limitations, but continued to accord him, outwardly, all the courtesy due to his calling.
ref: 1912, Mary Antin, The Promised Land:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
meronyms: forbidden fruit
coordinate_terms: tree of life
glosses: One of the trees in the Garden of Eden. In Christian tradition, Adam and Eve eating its forbidden fruit was the original sin that led to the fall of man in Genesis 3.
self-deliver
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-delivers
form: self-delivering
form: self-delivered
form: self-delivered
Etymology: From self- + deliver.
Senses: examples: text: Senior Project Manager Mark Clapp says: "There is so much space here that we can self-deliver all the final materials we need for the tunnels and viaduct. All the raw materials are brought in via the M25 slip road, so we are pretty much self-contained."
ref: 2021 July 14, Paul Stephen, “A portal into the future”, in RAIL, number 935, page 52:
glosses: To provide what is needed oneself, e.g. by on-site manufacture from raw materials.
McCort
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCorts
Etymology: Variant of McCord.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Coelhos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Coelho
Sikoras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sikora
McCorts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCort
hooliganish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hooliganish
form: most hooliganish
Etymology: From hooligan + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: His first cure had been in a large, slummy parish in East London—a nasty, hooliganish place it had been, and he looked back on it with loathing.
ref: 1935, George Orwell, A Clergyman's Daughter:
glosses: Characterised by hooliganism; of or relating to hooligans.
Huang-an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 黃安 /黄安 Wade–Giles romanization: Huang²-an¹.
Senses: examples: text: Hoangcheu commands over nine Cities, as Hoangcheu, Lotien, Maching, Hoangpi, Hoanggan, Kixui, Ki, Hoangmui, Hoangci.
ref: [1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 14:
text: Rev. K. N. Tvedt of St. Paul, United States Lutheran United missionary, held captive by Chinese Communists near Hwangan, northern Hupeh, since last October 17, was released yesterday on payment of ransom by the mission.
The Lutheran mission's home here was advised Mr. Tvedt had arrived at Sungfow, south of Hwangan, en route to Hankow.
ref: [1931 April 20, “CHINA BANDITS PAID TO RELEASE U.S. CHURCH MAN”, in Victoria Daily Times, volume 78, number 93, Victoria, B.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
text: Born in 1886 in Huang-an county, Hupeh, in a large gentry family headed by scholars and teachers, Tung received a classical education and passed the imperial official (Confucian) examinations at the age of sixteen.
ref: 1938, Edgar Snow, Red Star Over China, Grove Press, published 1978, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 553:
text: Huang-an county in Hupei, with a pre-1934 population of some 160,000, had but 66,000 in 1953. For six years after the Communist retreat the eighty-li stretch between Hsin-hsien and Lo-t'ien in Hupei remained entirely leveled by the Nationalists and turned into a no-man's-land.
ref: 1959, Ping-ti Ho, “Catastrophic Deterrents”, in Studies on the Population of China, 1368-1953 (Harvard East Asian Studies), number 4, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 250:
text: Lin was born in 1907, probably in the village of Liu-chia-wan, Huang-an county, Hupeh Province. Lin’s native village is about fifty miles downstream from the Yangtse River spot where Mao Tse-tung, in the summer of 1966, undertook the historic swim that dramatized his vigorous return to the Chinese political scene.
ref: 1970, Martin Ebon, “Boy from Hupeh (1907-1930)”, in Lin Piao: The Life and Writings of China's New Ruler, New York: Stein and Day, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 17:
text: I was born in Huang-an County in Hupeh Province in 1934 although I was brought up in Szechuan.
ref: 1978, Yang, quotee, “The Death of Lin Piao”, in The Chinese Assassin, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 27:
text: Li Hsien-nien is a native of Huang-an County (now known as Hung-an) in eastern Hupeh Province.[…]When the split between the Communists and the Nationalists took place in 1927, Li returned to Huang-an County as an operative in the Communist Young Pioneers.[…]In 1930, he became an instructor in the Red Guard, and in the following year, he was elected chairman of the small Soviet government of Huang-an County.
ref: 1992, “LI HSIEN-NIEN”, in Edwin Pak-wah Leung, editor, Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 206:
glosses: Alternative form of Huang'an (Hong'an).
cross-tunnel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-tunnels
Etymology: From cross- + tunnel.
Senses: examples: text: Despite launching more than a month earlier than Cecilia, Florence is actually due to re-emerge an estimated six weeks later. This is because all of the cross-tunnels to link the main bores will be mined from Florence 's side.
ref: 2021 July 14, Paul Stephen, “A portal into the future”, in RAIL, number 935, page 53:
glosses: A tunnel linking two parallel main tunnels.
cross-tunnels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross-tunnel
Carei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Carei.
Senses: glosses: A city in Satu Mare County, Romania.
Hodoșa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Hodoșa.
Senses: glosses: A village in Sărmaș, Harghita County, Romania.
glosses: A commune and village in Mureș County, Romania.
Moftin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Moftin.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Satu Mare County, Romania.
rima glottidis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹaɪ.mə ˈɡlɑt.əd.ɪs/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from New Latin rīma glōttidis (“the cleft of the glottis”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The passage in the glottis between the true vocal cords.
spottish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spottish
form: most spottish
Etymology: From Middle English spottish, spottyssh, equivalent to spot + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Kolmård marble consists of crystalline limestone containing serpentine, which gives a spottish green appearance to the stone.
ref: 1893, Swedish Catalogue, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago:
glosses: Characterised by spots or spotlike markings; spotted; speckled.
dead hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead hands
Senses: examples: text: I'll leave the very bad news to the end as it's outside the industry's control. Yes, the dead hand of the Department for Transport (DfT) still rules!
ref: 2021 July 14, Barry Doe, “Flexi Seasons undermined by complicated calculations”, in RAIL, number 935, page 54:
glosses: A residual undesirable influence from the past.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A hand that is dealt but not used during a card game.
topics: board-games
games
mahjong
glosses: A penalty where a player continues to take their turns, but can no longer win or make tile calls for the remainder of the hand.
Related terms: Dead Hand
true vocal cord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: true vocal cords
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: false vocal cord
glosses: Synonym of vocal fold.
synonyms: word: vocal fold
bioprecarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + precarity.
Senses: glosses: Biological precarity.
Related terms: sense: see
word: precarious
electropharmacogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electropharmacograms
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: A graphical representation of the effect of a drug on electrical activity in the brain
electropharmacograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electropharmacogram
electrosphygmomanometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + sphygmomanometry.
Senses: glosses: sphygmomanometry by means of an electrosphygmomanometer
high-density
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: MDF and HDF – or medium-density fiberboard and high-density fiberboard – are two of the trendiest materials in woodworking these days.
ref: 2019 September 20, “MDF vs HDF: Understanding Differences and Best Uses in Woodworking”, in Forest Plywood:
glosses: That has a higher than normal density.
intrafractionation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + fractionation.
Senses: glosses: Within a fractionation process
multiflagellarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being multiflagellar
noninducibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + inducibility.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being noninducible
purothionin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purothionins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of toxic cross-linked cyclic oligopeptides
purothionins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purothionin
rosetophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: rosetophylous
parting phrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parting phrases
Senses: glosses: A standard formula to part from a conversation.
parting phrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parting phrase
Waratah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A small town in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north-west Tasmania, Australia.
closing form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closing forms
Senses: examples: text: On the left-hand column of the first page, near the top, the petitioner writes the salutation (“Most Holy Father,” e.g.), then,—leaving the customary space,—his petition; and at the bottom, without his signature, a formula corresponding to our closing form, “And your petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray," etc.
ref: 1876, James Willis Westlake, How to Write Letters: A Manual of Correspondence, Showing the Correct Structure, Composition, Punctuation, Formalities, and Uses of the Various Kinds of Letters, Notes and Cards, Philadelphia: Sower, Potts & Co., published 1883, page 235:
antonyms: word: opening form
word: salutation
english: thereof the hypernym
translation: thereof the hypernym
word: greeting form
word: address form
word: form of address
hypernyms: parting phrase
glosses: A standard formula to end a letter.
examples: text: Howard advised that I make a formal presentation to the chiefs at their next meeting and that I address them in the Onondaga language. He would tell me what to say, and I would write it phonetically. Using the correct forms would help. This we did. I memorized the opening greeting and the closing forms, which I still recall, and I read the rest.
ref: a. 2005, William N. Fenton, Iroquois Journey. An Anthropologist Remembers, University of Nebraska Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 68:
qualifier: transferred
glosses: A standard formula to end a speech.
examples: text: Mr. Knudson. Well, as I pointed out to Mr. Bakes when we were speaking, they are in consecutive order, Senator. I could have very easily gotten all of the numbers in consecutive order and initiated one of these forms, closing forms, to begin the process through to close the case.
ref: 1975, Oversight of Civil Aeronautics Board Practices and Procedures: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session, volume 3, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 2347:
glosses: A form in an authority filled to formally document the closing a case.
examples: text: They boast over 1700 merge variables for use in word processing in order to fully customize all necessary closing forms including deeds, affidavits, payoff letters etc.
ref: 2003, K. F. Boackle, Real Estate Closing Deskbook. A Lawyer's Reference Guide & State-by-state Summary, 2nd edition, American Bar Association, →ISBN, page 323:
holonyms: closing document
glosses: A form used to document an important legal transaction.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A method to end an implemented functionality.
closing forms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of closing form
habitual offender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: habitual offenders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of repeat offender.
tack weld
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tack welds
form: tack welding
form: tack welded
form: tack welded
form: tack-weld
Senses: examples: text: Three rolled sheets are clamped together and to a form and are then tack welded into place.
ref: 1923 June, “Fabricating Storage Tanks by Oxy-Acetylene Welding”, in Acetylene Journal:
glosses: To position and secure pieces of work using small welded joints at isolated points (typically, in preparation for the final weld).
Related terms: tack up
tack weld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tack welds
form: tack-weld
Senses: examples: text: A large number of very small tack welds should be used on thin metal sections, while a few larger tack welds may be used for thicker metal parts.
ref: 2011, Larry Jeffus, “Fabricating Techniques and Practices”, in Welding: Principles and Applications:
glosses: A small, isolated weld used to position and secure pieces of work (typically, in preparation for the final weld).
striking range
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: striking ranges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of striking distance.
far removed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more far removed
form: most far removed
Senses: examples: text: a culture very far removed from our own
glosses: Starkly different (from).
Related terms: a far remove
rightly or wrongly
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: I decided, rightly or wrongly, not to tell her about the pregnancy.
glosses: Without regard to whether the action in question was justified; not for the moment analyzing the action from the standpoint of morality, correctness, etc.
as I see it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of in my opinion.
synonyms: word: in my opinion
I know it when I see it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used when a speaker attempts to categorize an observable fact or event, although the category is subjective or lacks clearly defined parameters.
Loversall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5798).
Ogmore Vale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Ogmore Valley community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9390).
Meker-Fisher burners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Meker-Fisher burner
Meker burners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Meker burner
Dilaudids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dilaudid
besingeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒɪŋ
Forms: form: besinging
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of besinge
Smallthorne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8850).
Vărbilău
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Vărbilău.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Prahova County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Vărbilău, Prahova County, Romania.
diurnal motion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The apparent westward rotation of the celestial sphere, along with the apparent westward revolution of celestial objects, around the celestial poles due to prograde (eastward) rotation of planet Earth relative to the seemingly fixed stars – completed once each sidereal day (about 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4 seconds).
Wakeford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wakefords
Etymology: Habitational surname from a now lost place, from Old English wacu (“wake, watch”) + ford (“ford”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Punchbowl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From punch bowl. From being a bowl-shaped valley.
* (New South Wales): The suburb of Punchbowl is named after the valley of Punch Bowl in neighbouring Belfield.
* (Korea): Coined by United Nations forces during the Korean War, when they fought a battle there.
Senses: synonyms: Punch Bowl
Punch Bowl Valley
Punchbowl Valley
glosses: A valley in Belfield, Canterbury-Bankstown, South West Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in Canterbury-Bankstown, South West Sydney.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: Ellipsis of Punchbowl Crater: a volcano in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States.
examples: text: Hill 930 here, about 100 miles northeast of Seoul, just above the village of Wontong, towers over a region still called the Punchbowl because that is what it looked like to G.I.'s during the Korean War.[…]
"The Korean War is to all accounts and purposes ignored," said Rudy Basurto of Lompoc, Calif., who was a medic with the 45th Division 33 years ago in the Punchbowl.
ref: 1985 October 27, Clyde H. Farnsworth, “KOREA WAR VETERANS RETURN FOR ANOTHER LOOK”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section 1, page 16:
text: Naimo ran to their aid, exposing himself to withering enemy mortar, artillery and machine gun fire sweeping his company’s position: Hill 1052, near what would be called “The Punchbowl,” north of the 38th Parallel.
ref: 2017 July 16, Lee Williams, “Korean War veteran’s Navy Cross is 66 years overdue”, in AP News, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2024:
text: Our drive north brings us to Haean-myeon valley, a highland basin in the far northeast of South Korea, and which was nicknamed “the punchbowl” by American-led United Nations forces during the Korean war. Jung, KFS biologist Bak Gippeum and I stroll through the 375-acre National DMZ Botanical Garden, which opened four years ago.
ref: 2018 September 11, Johan Augustin, “North Korea’s ravaged forests and the South Koreans ready to replant them”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2018, Korean Peninsula:
synonyms: Haean Basin
glosses: A valley in Yanggu, Gangwon Province, South Korea.
Punch Bowl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Punchbowl.
Doleham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small hamlet in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ8316).
synchronicitous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more synchronicitous
form: most synchronicitous
Etymology: Back-formation from synchronicity: synchronicity + -ous. Attested since the late 20th century.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to synchronicity; (usually, more particularly) demonstrating synchronicity or apparent synchronicity.
cissings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cissing
cisses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ciss
cissed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ciss
Winchelsea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village, historically a town, in Icklesham parish, Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ9017).
Stantz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stanz
form: Stans
form: Stenz
form: Stens
form: Stentz
Etymology: From German Stentz.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Icklesham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ8716).
Mephisto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Mephistopheles
graphograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graphogram
lampenflora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lampenfloras
form: Lampenflora
Etymology: From German Lampenflora (literally “lamp flora”), from Lampen+Flora.
Senses: examples: text: Cave invertebrates frequently graze on lampenflora. At many sites in caves, abundant lampenflora is found at higher photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD), longer illumination periods, higher humidity, active seeps, and a presence of sediment.
ref: 2015, Annette Summers Engel, Microbial Life of Cave Systems:
synonyms: lamp flora
glosses: The growth of light-dependent organisms, especially plants, in naturally unlit cave systems due to artificially installed electric lighting.
headchoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headchopper
GLSs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GLS
LOMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LOM
disreefs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disreef
disreefed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disreef
disreefing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disreef
TATs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TAT
thioxanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thioxane
Cottage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Saline County, Illinois.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A village in Rivière du Rempart District, Mauritius.
College
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.
glosses: A township in Knox County, Ohio, United States, named for Kenyon College.
glosses: A township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States; it borders onto the municipality of State College, Pennsylvania.
sigmoid sinus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sigmoid sinuses
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
holonyms: dural venous sinus
glosses: A sinus on each side of the brain that is a continuation of the transverse sinus on the same side, follows an S-shaped course to the jugular foramen, and empties into the internal jugular vein.
Related terms: inferior petrosal sinus
jugular foramen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jugular foramina
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A large irregular opening from the posterior cranial fossa that is bounded anteriorly by the petrous part of the temporal bone and posteriorly by the jugular notch of the occipital bone and that transmits the inferior petrosal sinus, the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves, and the internal jugular vein.
jugular foramina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jugular foramen
craic killer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: craic killers
Etymology: From craic (borrowed from Irish craic, itself borrowed from Northern English crack, inherited from Middle English crak (“loud conversation, bragging talk”)) + killer.
Senses: glosses: Something or someone that spoils an otherwise enjoyable event.
Synonyms: sense: something or someone who spoils an enjoyable event
word: dampener
word: buzzkill
word: killjoy
word: wet blanket
word: party-pooper
word: spoilsport
Venedikt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Венеди́кт (Venedíkt). Doublet of Benedict.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Венеди́кт (Venedíkt).
Related terms: Benedict
craic killers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craic killer
bacilycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bacilysin.
pyrethric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Related to pyrethrum
Derived terms: pyrethric acid
subtilomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A lantibiotic present in Bacillus subtilis
subtilosin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtilosins
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of bacteriocins produced by Bacillus subtilis
subtilosins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtilosin
betalamic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The betalain dicarboxylic acid (S-(E))-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-(oxoethylidene)-2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid
interregion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + region.
Senses: glosses: interregional
reuptaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reuptakers
Senses: glosses: A neuron that reuptakes a neurotransmitter
reuptakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reuptaker
timentin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A sterile injectable antibacterial combination of ticarcillin and clavulanate
rustic moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rustic moths
Senses: topics: biology
lepidopterology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of various moths belonging to genus Agrotis or other genera in the family Noctuidae, and having larvae that are cutworms.
curry niggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curry nigger
intensive pronoun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intensive pronouns
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: emphatic pronoun
glosses: A pronoun used to emphasize some other nominal element in its clause:
To emphasize a preceding noun or another pronoun, as an adverbial adjunct.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: emphatic pronoun
glosses: A pronoun used to emphasize some other nominal element in its clause:
In apposition with a noun or pronoun, as an adnominal adjunct.
sow dragon's teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sows dragon's teeth
form: sowing dragon's teeth
form: sowed dragon's teeth
form: sown dragon's teeth
form: sowed dragon's teeth
Etymology: Derives from the ancient Greek myth where Jason sowed the teeth of a dragon into a field, from which they sprouted into an army of warriors.
See also Ancient Greek ὀδόντες (του) δρᾰ́κοντος (odóntes (tou) drắkontos, “dragon's teeth”) and Σπαρτοί (Spartoí, “sown [men]”) from σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”).⁽ʷᵖ⁾
Senses: examples: text: The dragon's teeth are sown, Baby Charles; I pray God they bearna their armed harvest in your day, if I suld^([sic]) not live to see it. God forbid I should, for there will be an awful day's kemping at the shearing of them.
ref: 1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], chapter XXVII, in The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, pages 100–101:
text: […] as if the dragon’s teeth had been sown broadcast, and had yielded fruit equally on hill and plain, on rock, in gravel, and alluvial mud, under the bright sky of the South and under the clouds of the North, in fell and forest, in the vineyards and the olive-grounds and among the cropped grass and the stubble of the corn, along the fruitful banks of the broad rivers, and in the sand of the sea-shore.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book III (The Track of a Storm), page 183:
text: But you don't sow dragon's teeth. Not unless you want to get right down there with Frank Dodd in his hooded vinyl raincoat. With the Oswalds and the Sirhans and the Bremmers. Crazies of the world, unite.
ref: 1979, Stephen King, The Dead Zone, →ISBN:
glosses: To perform an action that inadvertently leads to trouble.
glosses: To perform an action that is intended to prevent trouble, but which may actually bring it about.
Related terms: open Pandora's box
reap what one sows
sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
gain-of-function research
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gain-of-function researches
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
sciences
virology
glosses: Medical research that alters an organism or disease in a way that increases pathogenesis, transmissibility, or host range.
open Pandora's box
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: opens Pandora's box
form: opening Pandora's box
form: opened Pandora's box
form: opened Pandora's box
Senses: examples: text: It’s a thin line between charming, candy-flavored verisimilitude and craven commercialism, and if Spielberg ultimately stayed on the right side of it, “E.T.” nevertheless helped open a Pandora’s box of product placement.
ref: 2022 August 4, Adam Nayman, “Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To perform an action that causes problems to appear which did not exist beforehand, or were not known about prior.
Related terms: sow dragon's teeth
rustic moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rustic moth
bhang lassi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhang lassis
Senses: synonyms: word: special lassi
glosses: A lassi to which a preparation of marijuana has been added.
bhang lassis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bhang lassi
sphenoethmoidal recess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sphenoethmoidal recesses
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: sphenoethmoid recess
glosses: A small space between the sphenoid bone and the superior nasal concha into which the sphenoid sinus opens.
sphenoethmoid recess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sphenoethmoid recesses
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of sphenoethmoidal recess.
synonyms: word: sphenoethmoidal recess
Oniceni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Oniceni.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Neamț County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Oniceni, Neamț County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Forăști, Suceava County, Romania.
Strehaia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Strehaia.
Senses: glosses: A town in Mehedinți County, Romania.
superior nasal concha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superior nasal conchae
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: inferior nasal concha
middle nasal concha
glosses: The upper of two thin bony processes of the ethmoid bone on the lateral wall of each nasal fossa that forms the upper boundary of the superior meatus of the nose.
superior nasal conchae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superior nasal concha
Bukit Aman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Malay Bukit Aman (literally “Peace Hill”), which is the location of the Royal Malaysia Police's headquarters building.
Senses: glosses: The Royal Malaysia Police; the police.
wikipedia: Royal Malaysia Police
diatribal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diatribal
form: most diatribal
Etymology: From diatribe + -al.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:diatribal.
synonyms: diatribical
glosses: Being or characteristic of a diatribe.
raw_tags: in reference to biblical texts
diatribical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diatribical
form: most diatribical
Etymology: From diatribe + -ical.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:diatribical.
synonyms: diatribal
glosses: Being or characteristic of a diatribe.
ADHDer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ADHDers
Etymology: From ADHD + -er.
Senses: examples: text: AuDHDers may seem more extroverted in social situations than someone who is only autistic, Neff said. That's because autistic people often don't have a strong social drive, while ADHDers may be more talkative and outgoing (though this is not always the case).
ref: 2023 April 25, Laura Newberry, “Autism and ADHD often go hand-in-hand. What's it like to have 'AuDHD'?”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2023:
text: Ms Watkeys also says new language is evolving, such as words like ADHDer and AuDHDer in colloquial use (AuDHD being dual-diagnosis autistic and ADHD).
ref: [2023 June 3, Maia Hall, “Is awarding COVID medals a form of gaslighting? Take part in the debate”, in New Zealand Doctor:
text: Tanya is also an autistic ADHDer, but didn't find out until she had a child (now a teen) who is also an AuDHDer (this word is a mashup of autism and ADHD).
ref: 2024, Yenn Purkis, Tanya Masterman Sadiq, The Awesome Autistic Guide to Feelings and Emotions: Finding Your Comfort Zone, page 8:
glosses: A person with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).
Related terms: ADDer
AuDHDer
ADHDers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ADHDer
WMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WM
Orlești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Orlești.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Vâlcea County, Romania.
Turcinești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Turcinești.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Gorj County, Romania.
Vernești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Vernești.
Senses: glosses: A village in Valea Danului, Argeș County, Romania.
glosses: A commune of Buzău County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Vernești, Buzău County, Romania.
Văgiulești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Văgiulești.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Gorj County, Romania.
Zărnești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Zărnești.
Senses: glosses: A village in Mălureni, Argeș County, Romania.
glosses: A town in Brașov County, Romania.
glosses: A commune of Buzău County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Zărnești, Buzău County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Jorăști, Galați County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Lăpușata, Vâlcea County, Romania.
chromatological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to chromatology
Derived terms: immunochromatological
immunochromatological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + chromatological.
Senses: glosses: immunological and chromatological
nonrecommended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + recommended.
Senses: glosses: Not recommended
back-to-nature
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of back to nature.
metabacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metabacteria
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the genus Metabacterium
metabacteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metabacterium
bushtop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bushtops
Etymology: From bush + top.
Senses: glosses: The upper section of a bush.
bushtops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bushtop
party blower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party blowers
Senses: glosses: A type of horn, commonly used for children's parties, consisting of a simple whistle to which is attached a rolled-up paper tube that unrolls when blown.
party blowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of party blower
cariogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cariogens
Senses: glosses: Any cariogenic material
cariogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cariogen
cryopreservational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cryo- + preservational.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cryopreservation
destemmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: destemmers
Senses: glosses: A device used for destemming
Breasta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Breasta.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Dolj County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Breasta, Dolj County, Romania.
interfunctional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + functional.
Senses: glosses: Between functions (of the departments of an organization)
Synonyms: interdepartmental
macrodestructive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + destructive.
Senses: glosses: Very destructive
Related terms: macrodestruction
retroprocessing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From retro- + processing.
Senses: glosses: processing in reverse
coal roller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coal rollers
form: coal-roller
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: One that rolls coal; one that produces copious amounts of partially burnt fuel as black smoke in automotive exhaust on purpose.
Related terms: coal-rolled
coal-rolling
roll coal
coal-rolling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coal rolling
Senses: glosses: The activity of the verb to roll coal.
coal-rolling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: coal rolling
Senses: glosses: Engaging in the action of the verb to roll coal.
Related terms: coal-rolled
coal roller
roll coal
hybridicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hybridicities
Etymology: From hybrid + -icity.
Senses: examples: text: As with power values, the hybridicity of lucid dreaming is most pronounced in frontal and frontolateral coherences.
ref: 2009, Ursula Voss, PhD, Romain Holzmann, Dr, Inka Tuin, MD, Allan J. Hobson, MD, Lucid Dreaming: a State of Consciousness with Features of Both Waking and Non-Lucid Dreaming, in: Sleep, Volume 32, Issue 9, September 2009, Pages 1191–1200
text: When speaking about the properties of real life as it expresses itself in nature, we learn that it is nonlinear rather than linear. One way to move between both is piecewise linearity, which we can easily generalize to piecewiseness or “hybridicity” in general, e.g., in Engineering, specifically in Electrical Engineering and Electronics, and in Economics.
ref: 2014, N. Azevedo, D. Pinheiro, G.-W. Weber, “Dynamic programming for a Markov-switching jump-diffusion”, in J. Comput. Appl. Math., 267 (2014) 1-19:
text: The performance of the films is discussed in terms of their hybridicity (organic/inorganic) ratio determined by infrared spectroscopic ellipsometry as well as the presence of anisotropy assessed by the nanostructure-based spectroscopic ellipsometry model.
ref: 2016 November 1, W. Trottier-Lapointe, O. Zabeida, T. Schmitt, L. Martinu, “Ultralow refractive index optical films with enhanced mechanical performance obtained by hybrid glancing angle deposition”, in Appl Opt, 55(31):8796-8805 (abstract):
text: It is important to note, however, that textual agency is best considered in terms of the hybridicity, or synthesis, of action, which is to say the acknowledgement that action does not have a fixed point of origin[.]
ref: 2019, Leanna Smithberger, “A Suite in Six Attitudes: Subverting (and Succumbing to) the A Suite in Six Attitudes: Subverting (and Succumbing to) the Textual Bias”, in Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research, Volume 18, Article 4:
text: Adapted from the powerhouse Broadway hit, the translation from stage to screen becomes a wackadoodle and uncomfortable inquiry into feline humanoid hybridicity.
ref: 2020, Molly Pennington, 100 worst dramas of all time, in: stacker, December 24 2020
glosses: hybridism, hybridity, hybridness; in particular, the degree thereof.
hybridicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hybridicity
coal-rolled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coal-rolled
form: most coal-rolled
Senses: glosses: Having been enveloped in a cloud of soot from the exhaust of a coal roller, who rolled coal, who engaged in coal-rolling.
Related terms: coal roller
coal-rolling
roll coal
Foulkeses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Foulkes
Wakefords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wakeford
sphenopalatine foramina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sphenopalatine foramen
Mehrer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mehrers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Mehrer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Narula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Narulas
Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਨਰੂਲਾ (narūlā).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Punjabi.