cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fight the good fight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fights the good fight
form: fighting the good fight
form: fought the good fight
form: fought the good fight
Etymology: A translation of the Koine Greek phrase ἀγωνίζου τὸν καλὸν ἀγῶνα τῆς πίστεως (agōnízou tòn kalòn agôna tês písteōs, “fight the good fight of faith”) in 1 Timothy 6:12 that appeared first in the Tyndale Bible, then in the King James Version.
Senses: examples: text: "My brethren," he said, "since God has not given our people victory in the combat, it must be because he requires of us, his spiritual soldiers, to fight the good fight of martyrdom, [...]"
ref: 1820 March, [Walter Scott], chapter XII, in The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co., and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, pages 300–301:
text: [W]ho had imagined that her instruments of healing were a thermometer and a prayer-book; and who found herself fighting the good fight with a bandage machine?
ref: 1912, Mary Roberts Rinehart, “God's Fool”, in Love Stories:
text: Nothing said heretofore undervalues or denigrates the sacrifices and accomplishments of those who have been out of the closet and fought the good fight for gay rights (often alone and against incredible odds) for so long.
ref: 1983 December 17, William J. Hutchinson, “Whither Bl/GPA?”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 22, page 6:
text: Wouldn't it be nobler by far to fight the good fight with all the weapons available: a firm bass voice, a wagging finger, the Bible?
ref: 2001 June 10, Walter Kim, “What Do You Tell The Kids?”, in Time, retrieved 16 Jul 2014:
glosses: To battle or try to achieve something for a noble cause.
wikipedia: Tyndale Bible
estraying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of estray
estrayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of estray
painterless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From painter + -less.
Senses: examples: text: In Eden one can imagine no need for painting, and one glimpses its painterless, visually sufficient world in the blank canvas […]
ref: 1984, Michael Edwards, Towards a Christian poetics:
text: It was painterless painting, done by a remote-controlled model car rigged with a can of quick-drying paint.
ref: 1994, Bruce Altshuler, The avant-garde in exhibition: new art in the 20th century:
glosses: Without a painter (artist working with paint).
induction loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: induction loops
Senses: glosses: An electromagnetic communication and detection system, relying on the fact that a moving magnet will induce an electrical current in a nearby conducting wire.
induction loops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of induction loop
multilobed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multilobed
form: most multilobed
Etymology: From multi- + lobed.
Senses: glosses: Having more than one lobe.
telecoils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telecoil
telecoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telecoils
Etymology: From tele- + coil, from telephone coil.
Senses: glosses: A coil of wire included within hearing aids and cochlear implants that responds to electromagnetic signals usually generated by an induction loop.
Synonyms: audio coil
bodyworn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: body-worn
Etymology: From body + worn.
Senses: glosses: Worn on the body.
raw_tags: of a medical device or police camera
examples: text: Bodyworn video footage was used in court.
glosses: Being or relating to data recorded by a device worn on the body.
earmould
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earmoulds
Etymology: From ear + mould.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of earmold.
earmoulds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earmould
earmold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earmolds
form: earmould
Etymology: From ear + mold.
Senses: glosses: An anatomically-shaped device worn in the ear for sound conduction or ear protection.
earmolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earmold
gift that keeps on giving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gifts that keep on giving
Senses: glosses: Something with continuous (typically positive) consequences.
examples: text: She fell for his soulful tenor playing, so she gave him the gift that keeps on giving — the clap.
ref: 2006, Jeannie Cheatham, Meet Me with Your Black Drawers On: My Life in Music, page 130:
text: Plus, there's about a 25% chance that you now have the gift that keeps on giving, an STD.
ref: 2007, Doug Giles, A Time to Clash: Papers from a Provocative Pastor, page 202:
text: Maybe I was lucky that we did not get together, who knows, maybe she would have given me the gift that keeps on giving.
ref: 2007, R.H.B. Jackson, Dad and Me, page 462:
text: “You gave me the gift that keeps on giving!” […] “The old man gave Sebastian herpes!”
ref: 2010, Michael Salvatore, Between Boyfriends, page 184:
glosses: A sexually transmitted disease.
nonassistive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + assistive.
Senses: glosses: Not assistive.
nonassisted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + assisted.
Senses: glosses: Not assisted.
omnidirectionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From omnidirectional + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The property of being omnidirectional.
nonmicrophone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + microphone.
Senses: examples: text: A cue speaker or cue box has its own amplifier fed by all nonmicrophone pots.
ref: 1991, Stuart Wallace Hyde, Television and radio announcing:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to a microphone.
boarlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boarlike
form: most boarlike
Etymology: From boar + -like.
Senses: examples: text: boarlike tusks
text: From the first introduction of boars to New Hampshire in the 1890s, boarlike wild pigs have now been reported in at least 45 states in the United States.
ref: 2016 April 2, Helen Macdonald, “A Hint of Danger in the Forest”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a boar.
pressable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From press + -able.
Senses: examples: text: […] arranged so that said one of said intermediate hinge pins is catchable and embracable between both of said second parts, said second part having a respective pressing surface which is pressable against said one of said intermediate hinge pins when in a catch position, […]
ref: 1988, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, page 705:
glosses: Capable of being pressed.
depressible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: depressable
Etymology: From depress + -ible.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being depressed (pushed down).
Derived terms: nondepressible
undepressible
depressable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From depress + -able.
Senses: examples: text: There was a small eye like on a television remote control with a long thin depressable button on the back of his arm, and he noticed there was the same on his other arm, in the same place.
ref: 2013, Jason Gray, Horror World:
glosses: Alternative form of depressible.
nonfitted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fitted.
Senses: glosses: Not fitted.
nailless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English *nayllees, from Old English *næġllēas, from Proto-West Germanic *naglalaus, from Proto-Germanic *naglalausaz, equivalent to nail + -less. Cognate with Middle Low German nāgellôs (“nailless”), Dutch nagelloos (“nailless”), German nagellos (“nailless”), Icelandic naglalaus (“nailless”).
Senses: glosses: Without a nail or nails.
Hardyesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hardyesque
form: most Hardyesque
Etymology: From Hardy + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the writings of Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), of which the best known are tragic novels.
Related terms: Hardyan
railingless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From railing + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without railings.
nonremoved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + removed.
Senses: glosses: Not having been removed.
tiptoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiptoers
Etymology: From tiptoe + -er.
Senses: examples: text: We all know people who are tiptoers. When they walk, they seem to be walking mostly on their toes and hardly put any weight at all on their heels.
ref: 1986, Ken Dychtwald, Bodymind:
glosses: One who tiptoes.
tiptoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiptoer
nonrhizomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + rhizomatous.
Senses: glosses: Not rhizomatous.
videoscreen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videoscreens
Etymology: From video + screen.
Senses: examples: text: The subject then was instructed via intercom simply to sit quietly and relax while looking at the blank videoscreen.
ref: 1984, Deane H. Shapiro, Roger N. Walsh, Meditation, classic and contemporary perspectives:
glosses: A screen for the display of video material.
Related terms: vidscreen
vidscreen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vidscreens
Etymology: From vid + screen.
Senses: examples: text: “The homeopape conjectures were correct,” Felix Blau, boss of the police agency, was saying on the vidscreen.
ref: 1965, Philip K. Dick, “The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch”, in Four Novels of the 1960s, Library of America, published 2007, page 246:
text: The vidscreen was on in the shop, but all it did was preach about the wonders of colonial life and tell how paradise could be found by emigrating to the smaller planets of the Althosian system.
ref: 1992, Neil Penswick, The Pit:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A videoscreen.
videoscreens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videoscreen
vidscreens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vidscreen
alumn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alumns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of alum.
pasghetti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pasghettis
form: pusghetti
form: pisketti
form: psketti
form: p'sketti
form: s'ghetti
form: sketti
Etymology: A childish pronunciation of spaghetti, with metathesis to avoid the consonant cluster /sp/.
Senses: examples: text: "I love pasghetti!" Terry and Nobody sat by the large kitchen window [...]
ref: 1984, Romeo Muller, Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody, Troll Communications Llc, page 14:
text: 'Will you make pasghetti?' / 'Yes, I will.'
ref: 1988, Meanjin, volume 47, The University of Melbourne, page 332:
text: My hostess and I eat quiche, the girls spaghetti. Pasghetti. They giggle.
ref: 1999, Sharon Bryan, “Lunch with Girl Scouts”, in Real things: an anthology of popular culture in American poetry, Indiana University Press, page 258:
text: "You know pasghetti's my favorite." Sara flashed Nick a smile as she leaned toward the pumpkin, the felt pen held tightly in her hand.
ref: 1993, Moyra Tarling, Just a Memory Away, Harlequin Books, page 76:
text: When I finished she took her thumb out of her mouth and informed me that her name was Claudia and she liked 'pasghetti'.
ref: 2002, Vida Adamoli, La bella vita, Summersdale, page 31:
text: "Pasghetti for supper is good news," said Frankie, holding out his plate.
ref: 2006, Katherine Scraper, Vicki Scraper, Show Me: Graphic Organizers for Reading Comprehension Across the Curriculum, Good Year Books, page 174:
text: While I was waiting for my hooman to cook pasghettis, I had a snack on some of the crunchy pasta sticks. Great appetizer!
ref: 2019, @MaxTheMoluccan, Twitter:
glosses: spaghetti
s'ghetti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "I like the s'ghetti one with cheese best cause it's goooood!"
ref: 1971, David Gottlieb, Anne Lienhard Heinsohn, America's other youth: growing up poor, Prentice-Hall, page 199:
text: "That way, he never gets s'ghetti on his shirt." With both hands, he picked up the pizza slice, took a huge bite, then held it out as far as his arms could reach, trailing cheese across the antique white lace tablecloth.
ref: 1996, Amanda Stevens, Fade to Black, Silhouette, page 161:
text: RICKY: I had long s'ghetti. / TEACHER: You had that long spaghetti?
ref: 1998, David R. Olson, Nancy Torrance, The handbook of education and human development: new models of learning, teaching and schooling, Wiley-Blackwell, page 188:
text: Pork & Bean S'ghetti
ref: 2003, Meals in minutes, Gooseberry Patch, page 95:
text: "Mommy's s'ghetti is really good," Jenny said.
ref: 2008, Andrea Edwards, A secret and a bridal pledge, Silhouette Books:
text: "S'ghetti!" he said. / Dorothea laughed. "Oh, you'll get it someday."
ref: 2009, Richard LeMieux, Breakfast at Sally's: One Homeless Man's Inspirational Journey, Skyhorse Publishing Inc., page 341:
glosses: Alternative form of sketti.
pillaloo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Of Irish origin; originally began as a hunting cry.
Senses: examples: text: So you may fancy the pillaloo that went up when the Overseers posted their new assessment on the church door and ‘twas found they’d ruled out no less than sixty voters known, or suspected to be, in Dr. Macann’s interest.
ref: 1903, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Two Sides of the Face:
text: “Pitch a lady’s luggage into the road, would you?” struck in Jim the Guard, making himself heard above the pillaloo.
ref: 1904, Arthur Quiller-Couch, “Frenchman's Creek: A Reported Tale,”, in Shakespeare's Christmas; And Other Stories:
text: However in the same breath he talks of writing a poem on the herons at Algeciras “in a few years time”... What a pillaloo!
ref: 2003, Robert Fitzroy Foster, W.B. Yeats: The arch-poet, 1915-1939, Oxford University Press, page 354:
glosses: A chorus of sorrow or distress
pillaloo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Of Irish origin; originally began as a hunting cry.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, pillaloo! why should ye go, my boy, and lave all the good atin and drinkin?
ref: 1837 Benson Hill, "the Irish Howl," Gentleman's magazine, Volume 1, Chas. Alexander, p183
text: “Och, but its kilt and smashed intirely they are,” returned Larry, as he stumbled over the shattered remains of a corpse; “och hone – och hone – pillaloo, pillaloo!”
ref: 1839, Matthew Henry Barker, Hamilton King; or, The smuggler and the dwarf, by the Old Sailor,, page 196:
text: 1857 Henry Murray, Lands of the Slave and the Free
The dialogue was brought to a sudden stop by the frantic yell of the juvenile pledge of their affections, whose years had not yet reached two figures; a compact little iron-bound box had fallen on his toe, and the poor little urchin’s pilliloo, pilliloo, was pitiful.
text: An’ the wust was, that what wi’ the rumpus an’ her singin’ out “Pillaloo!” an’ how the devil was amongst mun, havin’ great wrath, the Lawyer’s sarmon about a “wecked an’ ’dulterous generation seekin’ arter a sign” was clean sp’iled.
ref: 1888 Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Astonishing History of Troy Town, p107
glosses: A cry of sorrow or distress
adjoinedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From adjoined + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an adjoined manner; connectedly.
Fescennine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Fescennine
form: most Fescennine
form: fescennine
Etymology: From the Latin Fescennīnus.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the ancient Etruscan town of Fescennia
examples: text: At this hour the seat was as in a theatre, but the words of the actors were of a nature somewhat too Fescennine for the public.
ref: 1856, Richard Francis Burton, Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El-Madinah and Meccah, G. P. Putnam & Co., page 20:
text: And when Freudian fiction becomes – as it has become in America – but an inviting wall on which to scribble Fescennine filth – that, too, is another matter.
ref: 1977, C. John McCole, Lucifer at Large, Ayer Publishing, page 108:
glosses: obscene or scurrilous
ad-man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ad-men
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of adman.
ad-men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ad-man (alternative spelling of admen).
Fescennia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Etruscan town, best known for the "Fescennine Verses," a tradition of scurrilous songs performed on special occasions.
Derived terms: Fescennine
fescennine
black men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black man
common men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common man
dirty old men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dirty old man
pan men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pan man
white men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white man
batty men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batty man
point man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: point men
Senses: examples: text: The point man is the only one besides the Shooter who could verify the kill shots firsthand, and he did just that to another SEAL I spoke with.
ref: 2013 February 11, Phil Bronstein, “The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden… Is Screwed”, in Esquire Magazine:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: In combat, the soldier who takes point; the soldier who assumes the first and most exposed position in a combat military formation; the lead soldier/unit advancing through hostile or unsecured territory.
examples: text: McCarthy made a name for himself as a point man for a far right-wing current that attacked the Truman administration for the "loss" of China.
ref: 2005 March 2, Leslie Feinberg, “Even McCarthy was gay baited”, in Workers World:
synonyms: right-hand man
glosses: A most trusted assistant or associate; the person upon whom one would most rely.
Hypernyms: point person
Related terms: take point
point men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point man
remittance men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remittance man
philatelical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more philatelical
form: most philatelical
Etymology: From philately + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to philately.
Synonyms: philatelic
ochrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊkɹəs/
Forms: form: more ochrous
form: most ochrous
form: ocherous
form: ochreous
Etymology: From ochre + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Ahead of us was a great ochreous depression over which a shifting heat haze trembled looking almost like blue smoke.
ref: 1958, Henno Martin, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, The Sheltering Desert, Thomas Nelson & Sons, page 17:
glosses: Containing ochre.
examples: text: […] they looked around for a refreshment tent among the many which dotted the down. Two, which stood nearest to them in the ochreous haze of expiring sunlight, seemed almost equally inviting.
ref: 1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter I, in The Mayor of Casterbridge:
text: The Lutheran Church across the way, which in the daylight was the color of baby shit, had now taken on a soft ochrous hue which blended serenely with the black of the asphalt.
ref: 1949, Henry Miller, chapter 23, in The Rosy Crucifixion, Book One: Sexus, New York: Grove Press, published 1965, page 498:
text: It was a Saturday, one of those dusty, ocherous autumnal days whose vivid weather never again seems so sweet and inviting after that youthful time of discovery [...].
ref: 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 179:
glosses: Ochre-coloured; brownish-yellow.
Derived terms: chlorochrous
ocherous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ocherous
form: most ocherous
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ochrous.
Asian bearcat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asian bearcats
Senses: glosses: binturong
high profiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high profile
holdable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more holdable
form: most holdable
Etymology: From hold + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Bones and stones, if you can forgive this vulgar formulation, are both holdable and beholdable.
ref: 2017, Paul Kockelman, The Art of Interpretation in the Age of Computation, page 113:
glosses: That may be held.
Derived terms: handholdable
unholdable
holdback
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holdbacks
form: holdbacking
form: holdbacked
form: holdbacked
Etymology: From hold + back.
Senses: examples: text: Only 20 percent of the "debtors' attorney" judges normally don't holdback, compared to 44 percent of the other cohort.
ref: 1993, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice, Professional Fees in Bankruptcy, page 225:
text: Trustee given power to holdback distributions if adverse to beneficiary's interest .
ref: 2000, History and Philosophy of Taxation - Volume 46, page 5:
glosses: To set up a holdback.
movability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: movabilities
Etymology: From move + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being movable; ability or capacity to be moved.
examples: text: His progressive improvement will be best indicated by noting briefly the increase in his movability. When admitted, 15th April, he could barely put his hands to his mouth; 17th, was able to turn on his back; 20th, could partly raise himself […]
ref: 1875 July to December, The Dublin Journal of Medical Science, volume LX, page 501
text: Helping him through months of physiotherapy, trying to help him regain his memory as well as his movability. […]
ref: 2012, Maryann Phillips, Sticks and Stones, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 466:
glosses: The ability to move (oneself).
slideway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slideways
Etymology: From slide + way.
Senses: examples: text: Lumbering down a precipitous "slideway," the Thornycroft broke two main leaves in the back spring[.]
ref: 1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 52:
glosses: Any form of track along which things can slide.
tokonoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tokonomas
form: tokonoma
Etymology: From Japanese 床の間.
Senses: glosses: A recess in a domestic interior in which a hanging scroll and a flower arrangement is displayed
Related terms: ikebana
kakemono
watchkeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watchkeepers
Etymology: From watch + keeper.
Senses: glosses: A lookout (person who keeps watch).
watchkeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watchkeeper
slideways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slideway
holdbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holdback
pitting corrosion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of extremely localized corrosion that leads to the creation of small holes in the metal.
nasology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From naso- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of the nose
Related terms: nasologic
nasological
nasologist
damp squid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damp squids
Etymology: Due to the homeophony of squib and squid.
Senses: glosses: malapropism of damp squib
pedal stool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedal stools
form: pedal-stool
Etymology: pedal + stool
Senses: examples: text: A pedal-stool having an opening in its rear side to clear the piano-pedals.
ref: 1904, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, CXII:ii, page 1,878:
text: The sound-post of this instrument “extended above the ridge of heaven, while the pedal-stool was beneath hell.”
ref: 1998, David Nicholls, The Whole World of Music, page 22:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A stool with vertical foot levers that attach to the pedals of a piano, organ, or similar instrument, thereby assisting children and other players who cannot reach the pedals normally.
pedal stool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedal-stool
Etymology: Mishearing owing to homeophony (compare pedestal: pĕʹdəstəl with pedal stool: pĕʹdəl.sto͞ol).
Senses: examples: text: ‘I looked up to him, you know. I put him on a pedal stool.’
ref: 1993, Rory MacLean, Stalin’s Nose, page 210:
text: They retire and get put up on a pedal-stool by there fans.
ref: 1996, Bill Crider, A Dangerous Thing, page 52:
text: “It is unwise for auterists to put auteurs on a pedal stool above nonauteurs.”
ref: 2002, Tribune, LXVI, page 45:
text: The author puts women on a pedal stool.
ref: 2003, Richard Lederer, The Bride of Anguished English, page 129:
text: Leah, holding high to her own personal beliefs took a path that would soon put her on a pedal stool upon other Christians.
ref: 2006, Thomas E. Sliwinski, The House of Thomas, III, page 5:
text: “You know it’s against the rules to date the judge Juliet, our rivals will put you on a pedal stool”.
ref: 2007, Mamet, Hush Ma, page 103:
text: He was still not one hundred percent certain that she would carry out any further threats and Luke would bounce back and return to her good books and his place on her pedal stool.
ref: 2008, Debbie Graham, The Mutts Nuts, page 140:
text: 2009, Clarence Bowser (AKA Tutu), Four Steps to Making a Perfect Relationship, But There’s Always One Thing Missing, chapter 13: “Turning Darkness into Rage!”
I put all my emotions on my shoulders and took the pain and places it at on a pedal stool like it was a gift from God!
text: “My father was always good to my Mother. He put her on a pedal stool and never brought her down.”
ref: 2010, Candice Payne-Dennie, Pretty, Never Saved Me No Pain, page 218:
glosses: malapropism of pedestal.
petal stool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: malapropism of pedestal.
adductome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adductomes
Etymology: From adduct + -ome.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: the totality of DNA adducts in an individual
centrilobular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From centri- + lobular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or situated near the centre of a lobule
Derived terms: pericentrilobular
deoxyguanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deoxyguanines
Etymology: From deoxy- + guanine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any guanine nucleotide that contains deoxyribose
Related terms: cyclodeoxyguanine
deoxyguanosine
ellipticine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ellipticines
Etymology: From elliptic + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An antineoplastic agent, 5,11-dimethyl-6H-pyrido[4,3-b]carbazole
Derived terms: thiaellipticine
Related terms: isoellipticine
extraribosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + ribosomal.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Situated, or functioning outside of a ribosome
fluorouridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluorouridines
Etymology: From fluoro- + uridine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any fluoro derivative of uridine, but especially 5-fluorouridine, a metabolite of 5-fluorouracil, derivatives of which have anticancer activity
geldanamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A particular benzoquinone ansamycin antibiotic
hepatotoxicants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hepatotoxicant
mycophenolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myco- + phenolic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to mycophenolic acid or its derivatives
myomegalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myo- + megalo- + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein that is associated with cardiomyopathy
nucleophosmin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nucleophosmins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein associated with nucleoli
perigastrulation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + gastrulation.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Occurring around the time of gastrulation
ribosomopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribosomopathies
Etymology: From ribosome + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease or malfunction of ribosomes
toxicogenomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to toxicogenomics
toxicoproteomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From toxico- + proteomics.
Senses: glosses: The application of proteomics to toxicology
Related terms: toxicogenomics
common purse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common purses
Senses: glosses: A shared or community fund.
bication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bications
Etymology: From bi- + cation.
Senses: glosses: A dication
bications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bication
etidronate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etidronates
Etymology: From etidronic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of etidronic acid, but especially the sodium salt, which is used to reduce calcium loss from bones
etidronic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛt.ɪˌdɹɑn.ɪk ˈæs.ɪd/
rhymes: -æsɪd
Etymology: From ethy(l) + (hy)dro(xy) + (phosph)onic acid.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The phosphonic acid (1-hydroxy-1-phosphono-ethyl)phosphonic acid which inhibits the formation, growth, and dissolution of hydroxyapatite crystals and is administered orally in the treatment of some bone diseases (such as Paget's disease of bone).
Derived terms: calcium metabolism regulator
etidronate
hemotoxylin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemotoxylins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
leuprolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlu.pɹəˌlaɪd/
Etymology: From Leu + prol(ine) + -ide.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of leuprorelin.
leuprorelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlu.pɹəˈɹɛl.ɪn/
Forms: form: leuprolide
Etymology: From Leu + Pro + -relin (“LHRH release–stimulating peptide”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic analog of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (trademark Eligard, Lupron) that downregulates the secretion of gonadotropins, and is administered by injection in the form of its acetate C₅₉H₈₄N₁₆O₁₂·C₂H₄O₂ to treat cancer of the prostate gland, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and precocious puberty.
multiradical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-radical
Etymology: From multi- + radical.
Senses: glosses: Having, or involving multiple radicals (in any context)
nanowhiskers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanowhisker
nanowhisker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanowhiskers
Etymology: From nano- + whisker.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale whisker
Related terms: nanofibre
osteotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more osteotropic
form: most osteotropic
Etymology: From osteo- + -tropic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
physiology
sciences
glosses: Describing any drug etc. that is attracted to, and targets bone
Related terms: osteotropism
osteotropy
overoxidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overoxidations
Etymology: From over- + oxidation.
Senses: glosses: Excessive oxidation (or to a greater than normal extent)
overoxidized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overoxidized
form: most overoxidized
Etymology: From over- + oxidized.
Senses: glosses: Excessively oxidized
pentaamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentaamine
pentaamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentaamines
Etymology: From penta- + amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound having five amino groups
periarticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + articular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding a joint
phenoxyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenoxyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical C₆H₅-O- derived from phenol
Related terms: phenoxy
plesaunt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: plesaunter
form: plesauntest
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pleasant.
Derived terms: plesauntly
phenylaniline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phenyl + aniline.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aromatic secondary amine (C₆H₅)₂NH; it has many industrial applications
potentiogalvanostat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potentiogalvanostats
Senses: glosses: Any device that delivers a constant electric current at a constant voltage
Related terms: galvanostat
potentiostat
rugging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rug
rugging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ruggings
Senses: glosses: A coarse woollen cloth used for making rugs, blankets etc.
glosses: The manufacture of rugs.
Derived terms: Turkish rugging
oystre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oystres
Senses: examples: text: Oystres, some very great and some small, some round and some of a long shape .
ref: 1585, Thomas Harriot, quoted in Steve Nicholls, Paradise Found: Nature in America at the Time of Discovery, University of Chicago Press →ISBN, page 73
text: pickled oystres a barrell ... 1s. 6d.
ref: 1626, Sir Edward Dering, quoted in "Bill of Fare of 1626", Notes and Queries (14 December 1815), page 99
text: Well could he talke of fasting and penaunce
To Maides, between the figures of the daunce ;
And from the hollow world within the cloistre
Threaten to shut himself, as in an oystre.
ref: 1851, Punch, volume XX, page 230:
glosses: Obsolete form of oyster.
take point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes point
form: taking point
form: took point
form: taken point
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: run point
glosses: To assume the first and most exposed position in a formation in combat; to serve as the lead soldier or unit advancing through hostile or unsecured territory.
examples: text: But unlike the intervention in Libya, where France and Britain took point and America “led from behind”, an intervention in Syria would have to be a mostly American affair, and as such it would be done with massive force from the outset.
ref: 2012 September 15, “The war in Syria: Death from the skies”, in The Economist:
synonyms: run point
glosses: To assume a key role in an operation.
Derived terms: point man
Related terms: point taken
takes point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take point
taking point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take point
took point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take point
taken point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take point
Related terms: point taken
unrelated
point taken
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker regarding a specific observation or objection raised by another.
Synonyms: understood
get the point
the point
take the point
lollipop men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lollipop man
tall men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tall man
men's men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of man's man
hit men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hit man
hot-dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot-dog
utility men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of utility man
fellow men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fellow man
mod men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mod man
footplate men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footplate man
front men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of front man
night soil men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night soil man
candy men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candy man
candy-men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candy-man
ladies men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ladies man (alternative spelling of lady's men).
remainder-men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remainder-man
shellfishermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shellfisherman
weighmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weighman
cardialgy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑː(ɹ).diˌal.dʒi/
ipa: /ˈkɑːɹ.diˌæl.d͡ʒi/
Forms: form: cardialgies
Etymology: From cardio- + -algy.
From Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain, suffering”).
Senses: examples: text: These oysters, taken in excess, lead to sickness; this Burgundy, after a few stages, to red noses; these truffles, with the appurtenances, to dropsy, cardialgy [Magenkrampf] and similar complaints.
ref: 1825, Connop Thirlwall, translated by from Ludwig Tieck's German, The Pictures:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: cardialgia
glosses: Heartburn.
Related terms: angina
tin men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tin man
postperovskite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postperovskites
form: post-perovskite
Etymology: From post- + perovskite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A high-pressure phase of several minerals, including magnesium silicate
tussenvoegsel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tussenvoegsels
Etymology: From Dutch tussenvoegsel.
Senses: examples: text: A tussenvoegsel, in Dutch linguistics, is a word that is positioned between someone's given name and surname, but is still a part of someone's last name. In the Netherlands, the tussenvoegsels strictly speaking are not a part of someone's last name. For example, someone whose family name is "De Vries" isn't found at the letter "D" in the telephone directory but at "V". Tussenvoegsels are therefore also required to be listed separately in databases; […] In the Netherlands, the tussenvoegsel is written with a capital letter if no name precedes it.
ref: [2006?], Marc Kuklinski, editor, compiled by Joanne Myrechuck Kuklinski, Monument: Family Histories of Myrechuck, Wanichek, Pitsch, Coenen, Beaver Dam, Wis.: Marc & Joanne Kuklinski, →OCLC, page 417:
text: In the interest of simplicity, all prefixes in surnames, including “van/van der/de”, common tussenvoegsels in Dutch, will be dropped in repeated references (e. g., Linschoten not Van Linschoten, Diemen not Van Diemen).
ref: 2023, Paul Kua, “Notes”, in Europe Meets Formosa, 1510-1662: Two Historical Studies, London: Propius Press, published 2024, →ISBN, note 5, page 8:
text: Names can be different across cultures. For example, Dutch names have a specific spelling convention in which the tussenvoegsel (affix before the main part of the last name) is not capitalized between the first and last name, such as the van in Vincent van Gogh [3].
ref: 2024, Christina Van Hal, Jennifer L. Mills, Mary Gatmaitan, Yang Gong, “A Patient-Centered Approach to Collecting and Displaying Patient Identifiers”, in Jen Bichel-Findlay, Paula Otero, Philip Scott, Elaine Huesing, editors, MEDINFO 2023 — The Future Is Accessible: Proceedings of the 19th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, Amsterdam: IOS Press, →DOI, →ISBN, track 2 (Quality, Safety and Outcomes), theme 1 (Evaluation), topic 2 (Health Quality and Patient Safety), page 370:
glosses: A part of a person’s name (usually of Dutch origin) that comes between the first name and the last name.
magnesium silicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The salt MgSiO₃ that occurs naturally as talc, asbestine, gymnite, meerschaum and, combined with other salts, as many other minerals
face men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of face man
faceman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facemen
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of face man.
facemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faceman (alternative spelling of face men).
earthsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earths men
Senses: glosses: plural of earthsman
fretmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fretman
young men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: young man
Senses: glosses: plural of young man
-statin
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: Used to form the names of statin drugs
glosses: Used to form the names of inhibiting hormones. e.g. somatostatin
Derived terms: atorvastatin
cerivastatin
fluvastatin
lipstatin
lovastatin
mevastatin
neocarzinostatin
nystatin
pitavastatin
pravastatin
rosuvastatin
simvastatin
somatostatin
pitavastatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular statin drug
acervuli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acervulus
acervulus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acervuli
Senses: glosses: Synonym of corpora arenacea (calcified concretions near the pineal gland)
synonyms: word: corpora arenacea
extra: calcified concretions near the pineal gland
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A small cluster, as of fungi appearing on bark or leaves.
leg men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leg man (alternative spelling of legmen).
taurate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taurates
Etymology: From tauric acid (“taurine”) + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of taurine.
web address
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: web addresses
Senses: glosses: Uniform Resource Locator, URL
web addresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of web address
sick men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sick man
butter-and-egg men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butter-and-egg man
war children
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war child
boomerang children
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boomerang child
feral children
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feral child
inner children
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inner child
latch-key children
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of latch-key child
problem children
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of problem child
moneynesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moneyness
white-trashy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more white-trashy
form: most white-trashy
Etymology: From white trash + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of white trash.
cataloguable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cataloguable
form: most cataloguable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of catalogable.
catalogable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more catalogable
form: most catalogable
form: cataloguable
Etymology: From catalog + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being cataloged.
gibberers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gibberer
gibbetlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gibbetlike
form: most gibbetlike
Etymology: From gibbet + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a gibbet.
fauxmosexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fauxmosexuals
Etymology: Blend of faux + homosexual
Senses: glosses: A heterosexual person who affects homosexual characteristics.
fauxmosexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fauxmosexual
downtroddenness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From downtrodden + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being downtrodden.
nerdishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nerdish + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: That’s always been the problem for sticklers, you see. The feeling of isolation. The feeling of nerdishness. One solitary obsessive, feebly armed with an apostrophe on a stick, will never have the nerve to demonstrate outside Warner Brothers on the issue of Two Weeks Notice.
ref: 2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “Introduction – The Seventh Sense”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 29:
glosses: The state or quality of being nerdish.
Synonyms: nerdery
nerdhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nerd + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Social skills, like wit and personality — a flow of passionate and entertaining talk — can help you rise out of nerdhood.
ref: 2006, David Bishop, The Wheel of Ideals:
glosses: The state or period of being a nerd.
gibberings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gibbering
gibberingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gibberingly
form: most gibberingly
Etymology: From gibbering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: While gibbering; with wild, incoherent speech.
banana pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banana puddings
Senses: glosses: A dessert of the southern United States, made with layers of vanilla custard, cookies, and sliced fresh bananas.
supersalty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supersalty
form: most supersalty
Etymology: From super- + salty.
Senses: examples: text: Gypsum forms in sediment when seawater becomes supersalty as it evaporates in warm, tropical environments.
ref: 2002, Ralph Lee Hopkins, Hiking the Southwest's Geology: Four Corners Region:
text: With ever-expanding portion sizes, supersalty foods are displacing fresh fruits and vegetables, which are rich in potassium.
ref: 2008 May, Men's Health, volume 23, number 4, page 141:
glosses: Very salty.
nonslack
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + slack.
Senses: glosses: Not slack.
Basotho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Basoto
form: Basutho
form: Basuto
Etymology: From Sotho Basotho.
Senses: glosses: plural of Mosotho
Basotho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Basotho
form: Basothos
form: Basoto
form: Basutho
form: Basuto
Etymology: From Sotho Basotho.
Senses: synonyms: Mosotho
Mosoto
Mosuto
Mosutho
glosses: Alternative form of Basuto.
Derived terms: Basotholand
Basotoland
Basutholand
Basutoland
Related terms: Lesotho
Mosotho
Sesotho
Sotho