cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
British Asian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: akhi
glosses: A British citizen descended from (mostly) South Asia.
bubblewrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubblewraps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bubble wrap.
planimals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planimal
fish-out-of-water
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Sequels to fish-out-of-water comedies make progressively less sense the longer a series continues. By the time Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles rolled around in 2001, 15 years after the first Crocodile Dundee became a surprise blockbuster, the title character had been given an awfully long time to grow acclimated to those kooky Americans
ref: 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: in which someone is out of their familiar environment; pertaining to a fish out of water
stone-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stone-faced
form: most stone-faced
Senses: examples: text: Empty jumbo jets arriving at deserted airports. Masked passengers disinfecting their own seats. Stone-faced airline executives huddling with President Trump.
ref: 2020 March 6, David Gelles, Niraj Chokshi, “‘Almost Without Precedent’: Airlines Hit Hard by Coronavirus”, in New York Times:
glosses: Synonym of stony-faced.
synonyms: word: stony-faced
elfins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elfin
dress-up party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dress-up parties
Senses: examples: text: Men In Black 3 lacks the novelty of the first film, and its take on the late ’60s feels an awful lot like a psychedelic dress-up party, all broad caricatures and groovy vibes.
ref: 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: costume party
twinkly-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more twinkly-eyed
form: most twinkly-eyed
Senses: examples: text: In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.
ref: 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: happy, of a happy character.
diminishing returns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Brüno was a case of diminishing returns, intermittently amusing but not nearly as bracing or funny as Borat—it didn’t help that Brüno was the most thinly conceived of all his Da Ali G Show characters—and the lead-up to Baron Cohen’s new comedy, The Dictator, made it look like he’d boxed himself into a corner.
ref: 2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: He added, however, that the system operator is unlikely to use the cellphone alert often, lest Californians start to ignore it. The governor agreed that diminishing returns were a risk.
ref: 2022 September 7, Jill Cowan, Shawn Hubler, Ivan Penn, “California Leaders Credit Cellphone Alert for Sudden Conservation”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A condition in which additional inputs into an organization, project or process produce progressively fewer or lower-quality additional outputs, and may, in extreme cases, cause the total quantity or quality of outputs to decrease.
Related terms: ceiling effect
box oneself into a corner
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: boxes oneself into a corner
form: boxing oneself into a corner
form: boxed oneself into a corner
form: boxed oneself into a corner
Senses: examples: text: Brüno was a case of diminishing returns, intermittently amusing but not nearly as bracing or funny as Borat—it didn’t help that Brüno was the most thinly conceived of all his Da Ali G Show characters—and the lead-up to Baron Cohen’s new comedy, The Dictator, made it look like he’d boxed himself into a corner.
ref: 2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: To create a predicament or problem for oneself; to do something that leaves one with no good alternatives or solutions.
Synonyms: back oneself into a corner
paint oneself into a corner
write oneself into a corner
salonnière
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /salɒnɪˈɛː/
ipa: /sælɑnˈjɛɹ/
ipa: /-lɔn-/
Forms: form: salonnières
Etymology: From French salonnière.
Senses: examples: text: In general, however, the major salonnières of the eighteenth century came from a broader and less exclusive background.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 178:
glosses: A woman who hosts a salon.
Synonyms: salon hostess
salonnières
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salonnière
saltest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of salt: most salt
mismean
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mismeans
form: mismeaning
form: mismeant
form: mismeant
Etymology: From mis- + mean.
Senses: examples: text: If we ever misstate the facts it is, alas, because sometimes we mismean the proposition that we utter.
ref: 1914, Granville Stanley Hall, Carl Allanmore Murchison, The Journal of genetic psychology:
text: To mismean is not to mean; to mismean is to honor a meaning glimpsed but unmeant.
ref: 1978, Clayton Eshleman, What she means:
glosses: To mean or intend wrongly; mistake the meaning of; misinterpret.
Derived terms: mismeaning
nacré
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: French
Senses: examples: nacré ware
topics: art
arts
glosses: Having an iridescence like that of nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
tug boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tug boats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tugboat.
tug-boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tug-boats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tugboat.
narcodollars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of narcodollar
hold baggage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hold luggage.
synonyms: word: hold luggage
cargo bin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cargo bins
Senses: glosses: the compartment on a plane used to store luggage that will not safely fit in the passenger cabin.
cargo bins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cargo bin
luggage hold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luggage holds
Senses: glosses: cargo bin, baggage hold
Related terms: hold luggage
luggage holds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luggage hold
baggage holds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baggage hold
baggage hold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baggage holds
Senses: glosses: cargo bin, luggage hold
Related terms: hold baggage
hold luggage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: luggage intended for carriage in the hold of an aircraft.
disray
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disrays
form: disraying
form: disrayed
form: disrayed
Senses: examples: text: To come in manner of a sodaine tempest upon our armie […] and to put it in disray.
ref: 1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “(please specify the book number)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of disarray.
disrayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disray
disraying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disray
disrays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disray
myohaematin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myohaematins
form: myohematin
Etymology: From myo- + haematin.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: cytochrome.
myohaematins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myohaematin
pentapetalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From penta- + petalous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having five petals.
clayes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: French claie (“hurdle”).
Senses: glosses: wattles or hurdles made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments
naturaliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naturalisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of naturalizer
arnotto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of annatto.
aroideous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aroideous
form: most aroideous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the aroids.
naturopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naturopathy
thryfallow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thryfallows
form: thryfallowing
form: thryfallowed
form: thryfallowed
Senses: examples: text: Thry fallow betime, for destroieng of weede,
least thistle and duck fall a blooming and seede
ref: 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of trifallow
thryfallowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thryfallow
thryfallowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thryfallow
thryfallows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thryfallow
cannular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of can + annular
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having multiple individual burner cans within a single annular pressure vessel.
raw_tags: of the combustor of a jet engine
cannular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cannular
form: most cannular
form: canular
Senses: examples: text: cannular corolla
text: cannular crown
glosses: Having the form of a tube; tubular.
anthemis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthemises
Etymology: From the genus name Anthemis.
Senses: glosses: camomile, in genus Anthemis.
anthemises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthemis
cammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cam
trass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɑːs/
ipa: /tɹæs/
rhymes: -ɑːs
rhymes: -æs
Forms: form: trasses
form: tarrace
form: tarras
form: terras
Etymology: From Dutch tras or German Trass, probably from Italian terrazzo (“terrace”). See terrace.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A white to grey volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders, sometimes used as a cement.
glosses: A coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water.
squinzey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squinzeys
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of quinsy.
squinzeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squinzey
heteroousious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of heteroousian.
pycnostyle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πυκνόστυλος (puknóstulos, “close-pillared”). By surface analysis, pycno- + -style.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column.
pycnostyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pycnostyles
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πυκνόστυλος (puknóstulos, “close-pillared”). By surface analysis, pycno- + -style.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A colonnade of this kind.
Related terms: araeostyle
araeosystyle
systyle
pycnostyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pycnostyle
cutgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutgrasses
Etymology: From cut + grass.
Senses: glosses: Any of several grass species of Leersia, whose leaves have edges with very small hooked prickles
Derived terms: giant cutgrass
rice cutgrass
southern cutgrass
Virginian cutgrass
cutgrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutgrass
taqua nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taqua nuts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tagua nut.
taqua nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taqua nut
Carlist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Carlist
form: most Carlist
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to Carlism
glosses: Supporting Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma
glosses: Supporting Charles X of France.
Carlist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Carlists
Senses: glosses: A partisan of Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma; one who supports Carlism.
glosses: A partisan of Charles X of France.
Related terms: Carlism
Carlists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Carlist
Comatulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Comatula
swarmspore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swarmspores
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of swarm spore (“zoospore”).
swarmspores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swarmspore
sphenethmoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsfi.nɛθˈmɔɪ.dəl/
rhymes: -ɔɪdəl
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sphenoethmoidal.
Related terms: sphenethmoid
pylagore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pylagores
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πυλαγόρας (pulagóras), from Πύλαι (Púlai, “Pylae, or Thermopylae, where the amphictyonic council met”) + ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly”). Compare French pylagore.
Senses: qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: A deputy of a state at the amphictyonic council.
Related terms: hieromnemon
pylagores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pylagore
e-prescription
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-prescriptions
Etymology: From e- + prescription.
Senses: glosses: A medical prescription transmitted electronically.
e-prescriptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-prescription
endotheca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endo- + theca (“the calcareous wall of a corallite”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique transverse septa, one above another.
Related terms: endothecal
exotheca
disclaunder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disclaunders
form: disclaundering
form: disclaundered
form: disclaundered
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of disslander.
disclaundered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disclaunder
amber seed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amber seeds
Senses: glosses: The seed of the musk mallow, Abelmoschus moschatus, formerly Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet; musk seed.
amber seeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amber seed
chloridize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chloridizes
form: chloridizing
form: chloridized
form: chloridized
Etymology: From chloride + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To chloridate.
chloridized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chloridize
Derived terms: unchloridized
chloridizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chloridize
chloridizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chloridize
paritory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: And so is Organ beyng greene, Cresses, Tyme, […] Paritory, and Rocket. These herbes and this roote, be rather eaten of necessitye, then of will and fantasy.
ref: 1562, William Bullein, Bulleins Bulwarke of Defence against all Sicknesse, Soarenesse, and VVoundes […], published 1579, folio 53ᵛ:
text: Take of the leaues of Tansey, and drie them, and bray them into pouder, of the which cause the woman to drinke halfe an ounce in good whyte wine, and it will purge the matrix commodiously: the lyke effect doth the iuice of Paritorie giuen do drinke.
ref: 1569, [Girolamo Ruscelli], translated by Richard Androse, A verye excellent and profitable Booke conteining sixe hundred foure score and odde experienced Medicines […], page 19:
text: Pellitory or Paritory hath rounde tender, thorough shining, & browne redde stalkes: the leaues be rough & somwhat broade, like Mercury but nothing snipte or dented about.
ref: 1578, Rembert Dodoens, translated by Henry Lyte, A Nievve Herball, or Historie of Plantes […], pages 49–50:
glosses: Obsolete form of pellitory.
victory lap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪkt(ə)ɹi læp/
Forms: form: victory laps
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: lap of honour
glosses: A celebratory extra lap of the race track taken after the conclusion of a race.
examples: text: But inflation has previously slowed and then picked back up, and the Fed is not yet ready to take a victory lap. Mr. Powell said officials would be watching incoming data ahead of the Fed’s Sept. 20 meeting to decide whether they need to raise interest rates further at that gathering.
ref: 2023 July 26, Jeanna Smialek, “Fed Raises Rates After a Pause and Leaves Door Open to More”, in The New York Times:
glosses: An act of pride or celebration that follows a great achievement or success.
examples: text: It’s not just finances that lead to victory laps. Those who study abroad during undergraduate may find it difficult to earn enough credits to fulfill degree requirements in four years.
ref: 2013 February 25, Vivien Chang, “The myth of the four-year degree”, in Maclean's:
text: McNaughton continues, “I took a stroll underneath it before freshman year and I am going to be taking a victory lap.”
ref: 2017 April 1, Peter Lenz, “The Clock Tower: The History, The Myths, and More”, in The Racquet:
topics: education
glosses: One or more years of study beyond the traditional four taken to complete one's undergraduate degree.
examples: text: An examination of the data generated by the survey instrument revealed the existence of a definitive gender disparity between the two groups in that 47.8% (22 of 46) of male respondents reported having taken a victory lap compared to 20.2% (21 of 104) of their female counterparts.
ref: 2010 November 18, Patrick Brady, Philip Allingham, “Pathways to University: The ‘Victory Lap’ Phenomenon in Ontario”, in Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, number 113:
text: Each year as many as 20,000 students head back for a so-called victory lap in Ontario's classrooms, which prompted the province to implement a 34-credit cap in a bid to save up to $22 million annually.
ref: 2012 April 9, Teri Pecoskie, “A cap on the victory lap”, in Hamilton Spectator:
topics: education
glosses: One or more additional years of study in high school.
Derived terms: Polish victory lap
lap of honor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laps of honor
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lap of honour (US)
passement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passements
form: passment
form: passament
form: posament
form: posement
Etymology: From French. Some of the alternative forms came via German.
Senses: examples: text: "A gray riding suit, passemeted with silver, russet walking boots, a cut band, a gray hat and plume, black hair"
ref: 1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, →OCLC:
glosses: Lace, brocade, braid etc., sewed on a garment.
passements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passement
revalorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹiːvaləɹʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: form: revalorizations
form: revalorisation
Etymology: From re- + valorization.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The fact or process of setting a new value for a given commodity, currency etc.
examples: text: A radical revalorization of individual self-interest, Voltaire argued, could serve as an agent of social improvement [...].
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 190:
glosses: The establishment of a new value for something; revaluation, especially in a positive sense.
revalorizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revalorization
subjacently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more subjacently
form: most subjacently
Etymology: From subjacent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a subjacent manner or orientation.
mariposa lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mariposa lily
mariposa lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mariposa lilies
Etymology: From Spanish mariposa (“butterfly”) + lily. So called from the attractive appearance of the blossoms.
Senses: glosses: Any member of several species of a genus Calochortus that grow in dry grasslands and semideserts, tulip-like bulbous herbs with large and often brightly colored blossoms.
Synonyms: sense: Calochortus
word: butterfly lily
sense: Calochortus
word: sego lily
pontificial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin pontificius.
Senses: examples: text: pontificial writers
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
glosses: papal; pontifical
in three days
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
A.A.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A.A.s
Senses: glosses: achievement age
glosses: amino acid
glosses: antiaircraft; antiaircraft artillery
glosses: arteriae
glosses: associate in accounting (a degree)
glosses: associate of arts / associate in arts (a degree)
A.A.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alcoholics Anonymous
sarcoptid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarcoptids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any species of the genus Sarcoptes, or family Sarcoptidae of mites, comprising the itch mites and mange mites.
sarcoptids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarcoptid
sulphocyanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphocyanides
form: sulfocyanide
Senses: glosses: thiocyanate
sulphocyanides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphocyanide
Demosthenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Demosthenian
form: most Demosthenian
Senses: examples: text: ‘But why should I attempt to depict and describe in detail, and feature by feature, the beauty of the peerless Dulcinea, the burden being one worthy of other shoulders than mine, an enterprise wherein the pencils of Parrhasius, Timantes, and Apelles, and the graver of Lysippus ought to be employed, to paint it in pictures and carve it in marble and bronze, and Ciceronian and Demosthenian eloquence to sound its praises?’ / ‘What does Demosthenian mean, Senor Don Quixote?’ said the duchess; ‘it is a word I never heard in all my life.’ / ‘Demosthenian eloquence,’ said Don Quixote, ‘means the eloquence of Demosthenes, as Ciceronian means that of Cicero, who were the two most eloquent orators in the world.’
ref: 1885, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, “Of the Reply Don Quixote Gave His Censurer, with Other Incidents, Grave and Droll”, in John Ormsby, transl., The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha […] In Four Vols, volume III, London: Smith, Elder & Co. […], →OCLC, part II, pages 354–355:
glosses: Pertaining to or characteristic of Demosthenes; Demosthenic.
socketed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From socket + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The later division of the Bronze age is characterised by the appearance of swords, spears, palstaves, and socketed celts.
ref: 1880, William Boyd Dawkins, Early Man in Britain and His Place in the Tertiary Period:
glosses: Having a socket.
morphogenies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morphogeny
morphogeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphogenies
Etymology: Simplified learned borrowing from German Morphontogenie, itself from morpho- + Ontogenie; equivalent to a reduction of morpho- + ontogeny to morpho- (“shape”) + -geny (“origin”). The simplification means that the term is also used to translate German Morphogenie, the distinction between Morphontogenie and Morphogenie not being made in English.
Senses: examples: text: Es wird daher erst die Aufgabe einer zukünftigen Physiogenie sein, die Entwickelungsgeschichte der Functionen mit gleichem Eifer und Erfolge in Angriff zu nehmen, wie dies für die Entwickelungsgeschichte der Formen von der Morphogenie längst geschehen ist.
ref: 1874, Ernst Haeckel, “Das Grundgesetz der organischen Entwickelung” (chapter I), in Anthropogenie; oder, Entwickelungsgeschichte des Menschen. Gemeinverständliche wissenschaftliche Vorträge über die Grundzüge der Menschlichen. Keimes- und Stammes-geschichte, volume 1, page 15; translated as “The Fundamental Law of the Evolution of Organisms”, in The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human Ontogeny and Phylogeny. From the German of Ernst Haeckel., 1897, page 21:
english: It will, therefore, be the task of a future Physiogeny to grasp the history of the evolution of the functions with the same earnestness, and with the same success, with which Morphogeny has long ago undertaken the study of the history of the evolution of forms.
translation: It will, therefore, be the task of a future Physiogeny to grasp the history of the evolution of the functions with the same earnestness, and with the same success, with which Morphogeny has long ago undertaken the study of the history of the evolution of forms.
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topics: biology
natural-sciences
qualifier: theory of recapitulation
glosses: The study of the evolution of forms by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.
Hypernyms: germ history
Hyponyms: histogeny
organogeny
blastogeny
cormogeny
Coordinate terms: physiogeny
unhanged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + hanged.
Senses: glosses: Not (yet) executed by hanging.
papion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: papions
Etymology: Probably from a native name: compare Spanish papión.
Senses: glosses: The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
papions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papion
phyz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phyzes
form: phyzzes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phiz (“face”).
phyzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phyz
phyzzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phyz
dimission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimissions
Etymology: From Latin dimissio. See dimit, and compare dismission.
Senses: examples: text: he is come, who is anointed to preach […] dimission to the captives
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Incarnation of our Lord”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
masonry
glosses: permission to depart, or a dismissal.
dimissions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimission
porotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to porosis.
porotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porotics
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: One who has porosis.
porotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porotic
Cisleithan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cisleithan
Etymology: From cis- + Leitha + -an.
Senses: glosses: On the western side of the river Leitha; Austrian (usually in contexts related to Austria-Hungary).
Synonyms: sense: on the Austrian side of the Leitha
word: Cisleithanian
Coordinate terms: Transleithan
Derived terms: Cisleithania
tigella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈdʒɛlə/
Forms: form: tigellae
Etymology: From French tige stem or stock.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.
Synonyms: tigelle
tigella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈdʒɛlə/
ipa: /tiˈdʒɛlə/
ipa: /təˈdʒɛlə/
Forms: form: tigelle
Etymology: From Italian tigella.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A small, round or crescent-shaped bread from the Apennines in the Modena area of northern Italy.
Synonyms: crescentina
crescenta
tigelle
tigellae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tigella
caulicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caulicle
prelimit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prelimits
form: prelimiting
form: prelimited
form: prelimited
Etymology: From pre- + limit.
Senses: glosses: To limit in advance.
prelimited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prelimit
prelimiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prelimit
prelimits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prelimit
sturionian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstjʊəɹɪˈəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌst(j)ʊɹɪˈoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: sturionians
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sturiō (Latin root sturiōn-) + -ian.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: sturgeon
sturionians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sturionian
araeostyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: araeostyles
Etymology: From Latin araeostylos, from Ancient Greek ἀραιόστυλος (araióstulos). By surface analysis, Ancient Greek ἀραιός (araiós, “widely spaced”) + -style.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A type of intercolumniation
Related terms: araeosystyle
pycnostyle
systyle
araeostyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of araeostyle
older adult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: older adults
Senses: synonyms: word: senior citizen
word: senior#Noun
word: elderly adult
word: elderly#Noun
word: ager
word: antique
word: badge-cove
word: cheeser
word: coffin dodger
word: crinkly
word: eld
word: elder
word: elderly
word: geriatric
word: genarian
word: geezer
word: grayhead
word: greyhead
word: hoarhead
word: mzee
word: old
word: no spring chicken
word: old timer
word: old-timer
word: oldtimer
word: older adult
word: oldie
word: oldster
word: senior
word: senior citizen
word: silver top
word: twirly
word: weazen
word: wrinkly
antonyms: newborn
neonate
infant
baby
toddler
child
kid#Noun
teenager
adolescent
hypernyms: adult#Noun
<
person#Noun
coordinate_terms: emerging adult
young adult
middle-ager
glosses: An old person: especially, one aged 65 years or older.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older, adult.
Related terms: golden years
old age
primitive root
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primitive roots
Senses: examples: text: There are #92;phi(p-1) incongruent primitive roots of p. The fact that there are so many primitive roots causes no difficulty in the theory of the binomial congruence but has caused considerable confusion in the tabulation of primitive roots.
ref: 1941, Derrick Henry Lehmer, Guide to Tables in the Theory of Numbers, National Research Council, page 13:
text: The integers 2, 3, 4, and 6 each have exactly one primitive root and therefore, by default, each has a set of primitive roots consisting of "consecutive" integers.
The integer 5, with primitive roots of 2 and 3 is the only positive integer having at least two primitive roots for which the entire set of primitive roots are consecutive integers.
ref: 1992, Joe Roberts, Lure of the Integers, Mathematical Association of America, page 55:
text: For example, the prime 7 has #92;phi(6)#61;2 primitive roots, namely, 3 and 5. Also, the prime 11 has #92;phi(10)#61;4 primitive roots, namely, 2, 6, 7, 8.
Recall from Theorem 6.7 that if m has primitive roots, and if g is one primitive root (#92;operatorname#123;mod#125;m), then we can obtain all primitive roots (#92;operatorname#123;mod#125;m) by raising g to appropriate exponents.
ref: 2006, Neville Robbins, Beginning Number Theory, Jones & Bartlett Learning, page 159:
topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: For a given modulus n, a number g such that for every a coprime to n there exists an integer k such that gᵏ ≡ a (mod n); a generator (or primitive element) of the multiplicative group, modulo n, of integers relatively prime to n.
Synonyms: sense: number that generates other numbers modulo n
word: generator
sense: number that generates other numbers modulo n
word: primitive element
Related terms: multiplicative order
Noahs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Noah
Noahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Noah
house divided
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: houses divided
Etymology: In reference to the proverb, a house divided against itself cannot stand.
Senses: examples: text: Despite the wish of many clerics to tailor their faith and to transform their lives to the demands of a more secular age, the fact remained that the church was a house divided, and its divisions reduced its efficacy against philosophe attacks.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 204:
text: For all the reported "successes" at the centre, Uganda is a house divided.
ref: 2009 April 2, Ben Jones, The Guardian:
text: Kanye [West]'s speech was...something, that's for sure. As for a best or worst moment? Apparently, it depends on what you think of Yeezy because Twitter was a house divided.
ref: 2016 August 29, Anna Moeslein, “The Best and Worst Moments of the MTV VMAs 2016”, in Glamour:
glosses: Something characterized by internal dissent or conflict.
a house divided against itself cannot stand
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: a house divided cannot stand
Etymology: With reference to Matthew 12:25 and Mark 3:25.
Senses: examples: text: Thirdly, sometimes by setting and fomenting divisions among Christians, Preacher against Preacher, Church against Church, well knowing, that a house divided against it selfe cannot stand.
ref: 1655, William Lyford, The Plain Mans Senses:
text: ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.
ref: 1858, Abraham Lincoln, speech, 16 Jun 1858
text: If good is done, then there is the spirit of God and not the spirit of evil, for a house divided against itself cannot stand.
ref: 2002, HA Williams, The True Wilderness:
glosses: A group or organization that is weakened by internal dissent will not remain united.
Related terms: house divided
close season
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkləʊz ˈsiːzən/
Forms: form: close seasons
form: closed season
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The time of year when no competition takes place.
topics: fishing
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
antonyms: open season
glosses: The time of year when hunting or fishing is not permitted.
antonyms: open season
glosses: A situation or period in which some activity is forbidden or discontinued.
Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From the Abrahamic Adam and Eve narrative. Popularized by televangelist Jerry Falwell in the late 1970s United States.
Senses: glosses: A phrase indicating the notion that only heterosexual relations are valid.
wikipedia: Jerry Falwell
rabbit warrens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rabbit warren
crayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crayers
Etymology: Ultimately probably from Dutch/Middle Dutch. Related to Danish krejert, kraier.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A two- or three-masted sailing vessel formerly used for transporting cargo in the Baltic Sea.
Trojan-horse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Trojan-horses
form: Trojan-horsing
form: Trojan-horsed
form: Trojan-horsed
Senses: examples: text: We all know how genius “Kamp Krusty,” “A Streetcar Named Marge,” “Homer The Heretic,” “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” and “Mr. Plow” are, but even the relatively unheralded episodes offer wall-to-wall laughs and some of the smartest, darkest, and weirdest gags ever Trojan-horsed into a network cartoon with a massive family audience.
ref: 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: Suddenly he realized that the arguments and social criticism he wanted to assert[…]could live and breathe on their own. He didn’t have to Trojan-horse them into his novels’ characters or plot points anymore.
ref: 2018 June 26, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, “Jonathan Franzen Is Fine With All of It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: They have successfully Trojan-horsed into your heart and mind, and that is exactly where they want to be so they can control you most effectively.
ref: 2019, Pamela Kole, Mind Games, PublishDrive:
glosses: To introduce slyly, to sneak in, to subvert.
qualifier: computer security
glosses: To install a Trojan horse on (a system).
examples: text: A world writable file or two later, and a customer has been trojan-horsed.
ref: 1992, UNIX Security Symposium III: Proceedings, USENIX Association, →ISBN, page 146:
qualifier: computer security
glosses: To install a Trojan horse on the system of (a person or organization).
with one's bare hands
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods?
ref: 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: Barehandedly.
wonder of the world
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wonders of the world
Senses: examples: text: Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”
ref: 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
synonyms: stupor mundi
world wonder
glosses: A structure or natural feature considered to be one of the greatest of its kind; especially as part of a collection of related entities, usually having seven members.
Derived terms: Seven Wonders of the World
eighth wonder of the world
determiner phrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: determiner phrases
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A phrase headed by a determiner.
surveillance camera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surveillance cameras
Senses: examples: text: Coldly perusing his surveillance cameras one day, Mr. Burns spies nothing but grotesque misconduct: Instead of working, his employees engage in limbo contests, chess games, and, of course, cockfights.
ref: 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: A reported 200m surveillance cameras around the country are doing everything from tracking shoppers in stores to preventing violent crime to catching jaywalkers.
ref: 2019 May 21, Dylan Curran, “Facial recognition will soon be everywhere. Are we prepared?”, in The Guardian:
text: Glance up while strolling through parts of downtown Hong Kong and, chances are, you’ll notice the glassy black lens of a surveillance camera trained on the city’s crowded streets.
ref: 2024 October 5, Jessie Yeung, “Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras. Critics say it’s more proof the city is moving closer to China”, in CNN:
synonyms: security camera
CCTV camera
glosses: A mounted video camera used for the purpose of surveillance, as part of closed-circuit television.
B-story
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B-stories
Senses: examples: text: In the B-story, Bart goes from metaphorically crying wolf to literally crying wolf when a timber wolf escapes from Krusty’s studio after getting freaked by loud noises. The wild beast ultimately menaces Bart in his schoolroom before Groundskeeper Willie strips down and saves the day by defeating the wolf in combat.
ref: 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
topics: authorship
broadcasting
communications
film
journalism
literature
media
publishing
television
writing
glosses: A subplot that appears in a screenplay or script for a movie or television show; a subplot that concerns the side-characters or less important aspects of a television show.
Related terms: A-story
head-spinningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more head-spinningly
form: most head-spinningly
form: headspinningly
Etymology: From head-spinning + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “Marge Gets A Job” is just about perfect. There is not a wasted sequence or unfunny gag. It’s head-spinningly smart in a way that doesn’t call attention to itself—like setting the retirement party at The Spruce Caboose, a giant, unwieldy, trainwreck-themed eatery whose name and conceit are brilliant parodies of Howard Hughes’ giant wooden airplane, the Spruce Goose.
ref: 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: Things get headspinningly trippy when she makes it to the moon, where the goddess Chang’e turns out to be real and spends her time belting out disco-pop bangers in the style of Katy Perry to a stadium audience of glowing, bubblegum-coloured blobs.
ref: 2020 October 15, Cath Clarke, “Over the Moon review – Netflix family animation is more Disney than Disney”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Incredibly; overwhelmingly.
sondeli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sondelis
Etymology: From Kannada ಸುಂಡಿಲಿ (suṇḍili).
Senses: glosses: An Asian house shrew, a muskrat (Suncus murinus).
garison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garisons
Senses: examples: text: And the men of the gariſon [Douay-Rheims garniſon] anſwered Jonathan and his armour bearer, and ſaid, Come vp to vs, and wee will ſhew you a thing[…]
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 14:12:
glosses: Obsolete form of garrison.
nutritives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutritive
take the pee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the pee
form: taking the pee
form: took the pee
form: taken the pee
Senses: glosses: To mock; to make fun of.
Synonyms: english: slightly more vulgar
translation: slightly more vulgar
word: take the piss
baby-to-be
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: babies-to-be
Etymology: From baby + -to-be.
Senses: examples: text: At twenty-six weeks, your baby-to-be can move freely in your womb.
ref: 2000, Theresa Francis-Cheung, Pregnancy Weight Management: Before, During, After, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: An embryo or fetus; an unborn child.
babies-to-be
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby-to-be
EPT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of European Poker Tour.
EPT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EPTs
Senses: glosses: A European Poker Tour event.
EPTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EPT
WPT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: World Poker Tour
WPT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WPTs
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A World Poker Tour event.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of wireless-power transfer.
Related terms: sense: wireless-power transfer
word: wireless power
sense: wireless-power transfer
word: power transfer
WPT
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of wireless-power transfer.
Related terms: sense: wireless-power transfer
word: wireless-power
WPTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WPT
NAPT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of North American Poker Tour.
NAPT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NAPTs
Senses: glosses: A North American Poker Tour event.
NAPTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NAPT
express rifle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: express rifles
Etymology: First applied to hunting rifles and ammunition beginning in the mid 19th century, to indicate a rifle or ammunition capable of higher than typical velocities.
Senses: glosses: Any of various rifles that propel the bullet at high velocity to maximize point-blank range.
Synonyms: express
Zidonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zaɪˈdəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /zaɪˈdoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Zidonians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sidonian.
Zidonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zidonian
Sidonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪˈdəʊnɪ.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Sidonians
form: Zidonian
Etymology: From Sidon + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Sidon.
Sidonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sidonian
unabrasive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unabrasive
form: most unabrasive
Etymology: From un- + abrasive.
Senses: glosses: Not abrasive.