cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
unevaporated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unevaporated
form: most unevaporated
Etymology: From un- + evaporated.
Senses: glosses: Not evaporated
unhydrolysed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhydrolysed
form: most unhydrolysed
Etymology: From un- + hydrolysed.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unhydrolyzed.
unhydrolyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhydrolyzed
form: most unhydrolyzed
Etymology: From un- + hydrolyzed.
Senses: glosses: Not hydrolyzed
unisolable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unisolable
form: most unisolable
Etymology: From un- + isolable.
Senses: glosses: Not isolable
unisolated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unisolated
form: most unisolated
Etymology: From un- + isolated.
Senses: glosses: Not isolated.
unisolated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unisolate
title case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From title + case, because it is the casing (letter case pattern) traditionally often used for document titles (as well as headings and other display type) in English orthography.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
synonyms: headline style
upstyle#Noun
coordinate_terms: all caps
alternating caps
camel case
initial caps
sentence case
downstyle#Noun
lowercase
glosses: The capitalization of text in which the first letter of each major (important) word is set as a capital.
wikipedia: English orthography
display typeface
microcomputer revolution
style guide
etherealism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethereal + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being ethereal; ethereality
Wobblies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wobbly
wobblies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wobbly
IWW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: labor union
glosses: Initialism of Industrial Workers of the World.
Synonyms: Wobblies
Related terms: Wobbly
unlicenced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unlicenced
form: most unlicenced
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unlicensed.
unmoderated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + moderated.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike most Web-based discussion forums, traditional Usenet newsgroups are unmoderated.
glosses: Not moderated; having no moderator
unmonitored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmonitored
form: most unmonitored
Etymology: From un- + monitored.
Senses: glosses: Not monitored; unwatched
unoxidised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unoxidised
form: most unoxidised
Etymology: From un- + oxidised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unoxidized.
unoxidized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unoxidized
form: most unoxidized
Etymology: From un- + oxidized.
Senses: glosses: Not oxidized
unpredicted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpredicted
form: most unpredicted
Etymology: From un- + predicted.
Senses: glosses: Not predicted.
unpredicted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unpredict + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unpredict
unpurged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpurged
form: most unpurged
Etymology: From un- + purged.
Senses: examples: text: […] What, is Brutus sick,
And will he steal out of his wholesome bed,
To dare the vile contagion of the night
And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air
To add unto his sickness?
ref: 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: […] whatever was created, needs
To be sustaind and fed; of Elements
The grosser feeds the purer, earth the sea,
Earth and the Sea feed Air, the Air those Fires
Ethereal, and as lowest first the Moon;
Whence in her visage round those spots, unpurg’d
Vapours not yet into her substance turnd.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 414-420:
text: Kindly note that your trial is resumed, and further contempt will not be allowed to go unpurged.
ref: 1909, E. W. Hornung, chapter 15, in Mr. Justice Raffles, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 229:
text: And even if the god had not spurred us to it, it were a wrong to leave the guilt unpurged, when one so noble, and he your king, had perished
ref: 1928, W[illiam] B[utler] Yeats, Sophocles’ King Oedipus: A Version of the Modern Stage, London: Macmillan and Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: Not purged.
unpurified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpurified
form: most unpurified
Etymology: From un- + purified.
Senses: examples: text: There are records of bitter village conflicts in which Pande families were denied the right to bury their dead in the village cemetery because the families did not obtain holy water from pedandas, and the villagers said the unpurified bodies would contaminate the cemetery.
ref: 1990, Fred B. Eiseman, Jr., Bali: Sekala and Niskala, Tuttle Publishing, page 80:
glosses: Not purified; impure
unreacted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unreacted
form: most unreacted
form: un-reacted
Etymology: From un- + reacted.
Senses: glosses: Not reacted
unreacted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: un-reacted
Etymology: From un- + reacted.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unreact
unrefrigerated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrefrigerated
form: most unrefrigerated
Etymology: From un- + refrigerated.
Senses: glosses: Not refrigerated; allowed to stay warm
unseparated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unseparated
form: most unseparated
Etymology: From un- + separated.
Senses: glosses: Not separated.
unstabilised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unstabilised
form: most unstabilised
Etymology: From un- + stabilised.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English spelling of unstabilized.
unstabilized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unstabilized
form: most unstabilized
Etymology: From un- + stabilized.
Senses: glosses: Not stabilized; potentially unstable.
unsubstituted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsubstituted
form: most unsubstituted
Etymology: From un- + substituted.
Senses: glosses: Not substituted
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having no substituents
unvented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + vented.
Senses: glosses: Not vented.
unwetted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unwetted
form: most unwetted
Etymology: From un- + wetted.
Senses: glosses: Not wetted
uronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uroniums
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent cation formed by protonating the oxygen atom of urea.
urotropine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urotropin
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: hexamine
go to great lengths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes to great lengths
form: going to great lengths
form: went to great lengths
form: gone to great lengths
form: go to extraordinary lengths
Senses: examples: text: The most surprising thing was to discover that each job had its little tricks, peculiarities that had been learned in the experience of years, and one of the really pleasing features was the unlimited patience and kindliness of the chargehands and fitters, who would go to great lengths to teach the budding engineer all they themselves knew.
ref: 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:
text: […] They said good-bye on the eleventh, and the Portuguese noblemen saw him off, going to great lengths to show him respect."
ref: 2008, José Rodrigues does Santos, Codex 632: The Secret Identity of Christopher Columbus (trans. from the Portuguese by Alison Entrekin), William Morrow (2008), page 262
text: Most scholars writing on the mafia were going to great lengths to demonstrate that it did not exist—and the mobsters wanted to keep their brotherhood secret.
ref: 2009, Diego Gambetta, Codes of the Underworld: How Criminals Communicate, Princeton University Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 272:
text: As a father, I would go to great lengths to protect my children.
ref: 2013, Chad R. Torgerson, Waking Up Catholic: A Guide to Catholic Beliefs for Converts, Reverts, and Anyone Becoming Catholic, Assisi Media, published 2013, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: To make a major effort; to be very careful when doing something, especially to an extreme or excessive degree.
Synonyms: bend over backwards
go to the ends of the earth
move heaven and earth
Related terms: beg, borrow, or steal
go to pains
at pains
spare no effort
MLSS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of mixed liquid suspended solids.
valencene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Valencia + -ene, after the variety of orange.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The sesquiterpene octahydro-1,8a-dimethyl-7-(1-methylethenyl)naphthalene, which has a citrus aroma
go to extraordinary lengths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes to extraordinary lengths
form: going to extraordinary lengths
form: went to extraordinary lengths
form: gone to extraordinary lengths
form: go to great lengths
Senses: glosses: To make a great effort.
valeraldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aliphatic aldehyde, having five carbon atoms, related to valeric acid
Derived terms: isovaleraldehyde
vaporised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vaporise
vaporised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vaporised
form: most vaporised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vaporized.
vaporiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaporisers
Etymology: From vaporise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vaporizer.
vaporises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vaporise
vaporising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vaporizing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vaporise
vinylacetylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vinyl + acetylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A dimer of acetylene (butenyne) CH₂=CH-C≡CH, used in the manufacture of some polymers
vinylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vinyl + amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The enamine CH₂=CH-NH₂, used in the manufacture of some polymers
volatiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of volatile
volatiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The volatile part of a petroleum fraction.
glosses: The volatile parts of a planet's atmosphere or crust.
volatilisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volatilisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of volatilization.
volatilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volatilizations
Etymology: From volatile + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: An overfired glaze often blisters by the volatilization of part of its composition. It also reaches a stage where its viscosity is too low to keep it on the pot.
ref: 2004, Frank Hamer with Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 248:
glosses: The conversion of a solid or liquid into a gas; vaporization; evaporation or sublimation.
vulcaniser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vulcanisers
Etymology: From vulcanise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vulcanizer.
vulcanizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vulcanizers
form: vulcaniser
Etymology: From vulcanize + -er.
Senses: glosses: Equipment used for the vulcanization of rubber.
glosses: A substance (such as sulfur) added to rubber during this process.
glosses: A person employed to vulcanize rubber.
weighable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more weighable
form: most weighable
Etymology: From weigh + -able.
Senses: glosses: able to be weighed
xenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenates
Etymology: From xenic + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxyanion of xenon HXeO₄⁻.
Related terms: perxenate
perxenic
perxenic acid
xenic
xenic acid
xenon
xylidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylidines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of six isomeric aromatic amines (CH₃)₂C₆H₃NH₂ derived from the xylenes
zircalloy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zircalloys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zircaloy.
zirconyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zirconyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxygenated cation of zirconium ZrO²⁺
goddessships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goddessship
whois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhuːˌɪz/
Forms: form: whoises
Senses: glosses: The WHOIS protocol or service.
whois
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhuːˌɪz/
Forms: form: whoises
form: whoising
form: whoised
form: whoised
Senses: examples: text: We whoised the domain to find out who was sending the spam.
text: That seems to be an undocumented feature, but makes perfect sense. Of course, that wouldn't prevent you from whoising 20 people at once, which could be a problem.
ref: 2003, Joel, “Re: A whois addon”, in alt.irc.dalnet (Usenet):
glosses: To look up using a whois protocol.
metsovone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cheese produced in Metsovo, Greece.
FIM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FIMs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of flight interruption manifest.
Brahmagupta's formula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A particular expression for the area of a quadrilateral.
pray to the porcelain god
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹeɪ tʊ ðə ˈpɔːsəlɪn ˈɡɒd/
ipa: /ˈpɹeɪ tə ðə ˈpɔɹsəlɪn ˈɡɑd/
ipa: /ˈpɹeɪ tə ðə ˈpɔɹslɪn ˈɡɑd/
rhymes: -ɒd
Forms: form: prays to the porcelain god
form: praying to the porcelain god
form: prayed to the porcelain god
form: prayed to the porcelain god
Etymology: See worship the porcelain god.
Senses: synonyms: word: bait
word: barf
word: be sick
word: blow chunks
word: boak
word: boke
word: boot
word: bork
word: bow down before the porcelain god
word: cast
word: cast up one's accounts
word: chuck
word: chuck up
word: chunder
word: disgorge
word: drive the porcelain bus
word: erupt
word: gag
word: get sick
word: heave
word: honk
word: hurl
word: launch one's lunch
word: lose one's lunch
word: pray to the porcelain god
word: puke
word: puke up
word: purge
word: ralph
word: regurge
word: regurgitate
word: retch
word: shoot the cat
word: sick
word: sick up
word: spew
word: talk to God on the big white telephone
word: talk to Ralph on the big white telephone
word: throw up
word: toss
word: toss one's cookies
word: upchuck
word: vomit
word: woof one's cookies
word: whoops
word: worship the porcelain god
word: worship the porcelain goddess
word: yak
word: worship the porcelain god
extra: to vomit into a toilet bowl
glosses: Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl”).
raisonné
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: French raisonné.
Senses: glosses: Arranged systematically, or according to classes or topics.
sulibao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulibaos
Senses: glosses: A Philippine musical instrument that looks like a drum. It is played by tapping it.
Godwin's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Godwin's Law
Etymology: Named after American attorney and author Mike Godwin (1956–).
Senses: examples: text: The power to be a being of pure thought, the unlimited, unconstrained world of imagination, and we build a world of animated gifs, stupid sight gags, lame van-art avatars, stupid “playful” environments, and brain-dead flame wars augmented by animated emoticons that allowed participants to express their hackneyed ad hominems, concern-trollery, and Godwin's law violations through the media of cartoon animals and oversized genitals.
ref: 2012, Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, The Rapture of the Nerds, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 296:
text: His article urges people not to be “afraid” of being charged with confirming Godwin's law. But who would be afraid of that charge when you believe that the Nazi analogy is apt?
ref: 2018, Scott F. Aikin, Robert B. Talisse, Why We Argue, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: An adage that asserts that any Usenet discussion will eventually mention the Nazis or Adolf Hitler.
glosses: An adage that asserts that the first person in an argument (usually in an online comment thread or forum) to mention the Nazis or Adolf Hitler has lost.
Related terms: reductio ad Hitlerum
fondus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fondu
deep end
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deep ends
Senses: coordinate_terms: shallow end
glosses: The part of a swimming pool with relatively deep water.
coordinate_terms: shallow end
glosses: A situation where expertise or experience is required.
Derived terms: in at the deep end
in the deep end
jump in the deep end
off the deep end
throw in the deep end
Archizoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Archizoic
form: most Archizoic
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Archaeozoic.
ashdump door
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ashdump doors
Senses: glosses: An opening through which the ash is removed from a fireplace.
waterproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of waterproof
waterproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterproof.
whetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whet
whetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whettings
Senses: examples: text: Sand, a series of whettings on stones, and, by way of finish, charcoal of magnolia, are used in polishing.
ref: 1892, Félix Régamey, Mary French Sheldon, Eli Lemon Sheldon, Japan in art and industry:
glosses: The process by which something is whetted.
whets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whet
incube
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: incubes
form: incubing
form: incubed
form: incubed
Senses: examples: text: it is the most dividing and schismatical form that geometricians know of , and must be fain to inglobe or incube herself among the presbyters
ref: 1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […], London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC:
text: The social order incubed in the cosmic cell will be an empire, because the physical sphere is itself imperial.
ref: 1902, Koresh, The Immortal Manhood, page 63:
text: Apatite crystals incubed in soil presented numerous corrosion marks as denticulated margin.
ref: 1998, Extended Abstracts - Part 3, page 1558:
text: Poking round the attic, Jane discovered a packet of Guy's love letters incubed in the same trunk as the muslin gown.
ref: 2003, Maud Ellmann, Elizabeth Bowen: The Shadow Across the Page, page 181:
glosses: To bury or encase.
examples: text: Cartilage was incubed for 24 hours in basal medium containing 0.1 % ovalbumin with or without additions.
ref: 1973, Salvatore Raiti, Advances in Human Growth Hormone Research, page 82:
text: During the initial incubation bottles incubed aerobically are agitated on a rotary shaker.
ref: 1993, Gail L. Woods, Yezid Gutierrez, Diagnostic Pathology of Infectious Diseases, page 576:
text: After inoculation the broth tubes are incubed at 37 ± 2 ° C for 48 hours.
ref: 1994, Dr. B. K. Sharma, Water Pollution, page 377:
glosses: To incubate.
incubes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of incube
incuba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭnʹkyo͞obə
ipa: /ˈɪnkjuːbə/
Forms: form: incubae
Etymology: A respelling of incubus, substituting the (Latin second-declension nominative singular) masculine case ending -us with its (first-declension) feminine equivalent -a; compare succuba, succubus.
Senses: glosses: A female incubus.
whatsamatta
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Forms: form: wassamatta
form: wassamatter
form: whassamatta
form: whassamatter
form: whatsamatter
form: wossamatter
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of what's the matter.
Senses: examples: text: Whatsamatta you? (What's the matter with you?)
text: Whatsamatta with the car I'm drivin? —Can'tcha tell that it's outta style?
Should I get a set of whitewall tires? —Are you gonna cruise the miracle mile?
ref: 1980, Billy Joel, “It's Still Rock and Roll to Me”, in Glass Houses, performed by Billy Joel:
glosses: What is the matter? What is wrong?
pay one's dues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pays one's dues
form: paying one's dues
form: paid one's dues
form: paid one's dues
Senses: examples: text: The carrier to Casterbridge came up as Edward stepped into the road, and jumped down from the van to pay toll. . . . The carrier paid his dues.
ref: 1871, Thomas Hardy, chapter 8, in Desperate Remedies:
glosses: To outlay money which is owed as a membership fee or price of admission.
examples: text: Everybody wanna know / Why I'm singing the blues / Yes, I've been around a long time / People, I've paid my dues
ref: 1969, B.B. King, D. Clark, “Why I Sing the Blues”, performed by B.B. King:
text: [S]he spent some time paying her dues at entry-level jobs.
ref: 2005 August 7, Jeff Leeds, “A Money Scandal That's Rocking Hip-Hop”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 Jul 2013:
text: He too championed the anti-apartheid cause, paid his dues, had his works banned.
ref: 2005 November 6, Donald Morrison, “Still Enough Wrongs To Write”, in Time, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013:
text: [Josephine Baker] paid her dues in a touring chorus line, and gradually attracted attention for making funny faces, and was rewarded with a respectable third-banana speaking part in the authors' next show, and got some more attention, and so on.
ref: 2014 May 28, John McWhorter, “Saint Maya”, in The New Republic, →ISSN:
glosses: To acquire status or to earn the right to enjoy certain benefits, especially through lengthy experience, hardship, or service to an organization.
sharp tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sharp tongues
Senses: examples: text: Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
ref: 1819, Washington Irving, Rip Van Winkle:
text: He hated the Professor, who smelt the rogue in him, and scourged him continually with his sharp tongue.
ref: 1910, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 5, in Queen Sheba's Ring:
text: Mr. Thomas rarely misses a chance to use his sharp tongue. Republicans are terrified of him; Democrats call him a bully.
ref: 2003 July 28, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Washington Memo: Can a 'Wire Brush' Learn Civility?”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 May 2014:
glosses: The practice or characteristic of speaking to others in a harsh, critical, or insulting manner.
Related terms: silver tongue
wicked tongue
licorne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: licornes
Etymology: From French licorne, semantic loan from Russian единоро́г (jedinoróg, literally “unicorn”), in reference to the unicorn on the coat of arms of count P. I. Shuvalov, who introduced this type of artillery piece. Doublet of unicorn.
Senses: examples: text: But I think our new 24-pounder howitzer will be found superior to any of them, not even excepting the Russian Licorne.
ref: 1824, “Answers of Sir A. D., K. C. B. of the Royal Artillery, to some questions from Lieutenant C. D. Bengal Artillery”, in The British Indian Military Repository, volume 3:
text: The Russians have a howitzer denominated licorne, the bore of which is, in its whole extent, the truncated frustrum of a cone: the only field guns in the possession of the artillery at Corfu, in 1822, were Russian guns of this description.
ref: 1837, T. F. Simmons, Ideas as to the Effect of Heavy Ordnance Directed Against and Applied by Ships of War, etc.:
text: Essentially a hybrid between a howitzer and a gun, thus a gun-howitzer, the licorne was capable of a flatter trajectory and a longer range than the conventional howitzer.
ref: 2007, Jeff Kinard, “Eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century artillery”, in Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A type of muzzle-loading gun-howitzer used by the Russian Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries.
mollusque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mollusques
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of mollusc (“animal”).
V-E
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Victory (in) Europe (from World War II)
bouquetin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /buk(ə)ˈtæn/
Forms: form: bouquetins
Etymology: From French bouquetin.
Senses: glosses: Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)
campagnol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkæmpənˈjoʊl/
Forms: form: campagnols
Etymology: Borrowed from French campagnol (“vole”), from Italian campagnolo.
Senses: examples: text: The dormice are distinguished from the campagnols by the superior softness of the fur, and the greater length of the tail.
ref: 1819, The Edinburgh magazine and literary miscellany, volume 83, page 505:
synonyms: short-tailed field vole
short-tailed vole
field vole
glosses: A vole (US, Canada: field mouse), Microtus agrestis that often does great damage in fields and gardens by feeding on roots and seeds.
data point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: data points
form: datapoint
form: data-point
Senses: examples: text: Could you make all the yellow data points bigger?
glosses: A mark on a graph or chart corresponding to a piece of data.
examples: text: I think the third data point is inaccurate. Let's measure it again.
text: Each time a language was recognised, a data point was recorded, and attention was switched to collecting the next data point.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:
text: Test scores are just one imperfect data point, and none of this is to suggest Seattle schools don’t have problems. These scores still show a decline, and more than 3,000 students have left.
ref: 2022 February 12, Danny Westneat, “The reason voters see past the terrible headlines with Seattle schools”, in The Seattle Times:
synonyms: datum
fact
glosses: The datum that the mark represents; a single piece of information.
examples: text: I sat on the end of the row so I could use the data point.
glosses: A socket for connecting to a phone line or other electronic network.
crotale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crotales
Etymology: From French.
Senses: examples: text: In contrast to the cymbals of beaten metal, the British Museum collection includes several pairs of cast crotales. Strictly speaking, crotales are metal castanets, resembling cymbals. A pair of bronze crotales (from Thebes c. 200 BC) with large central boss and upturned rim, measure 2⁷/₁₆ inches in diameter, a thickness of approximately ¹/₈ inch, and a weight of 1³/₄ ozs.
ref: 1970, James Blades, Percussion Instruments and Their History, published 1992, page 167:
text: Orchestrally, however, crotales and antique cymbals are virtually synonymous, the only difference being that strictly speaking crotales are thicker and less finely wrought and unlike antique cymbals are not held freely in the hands.
ref: 1983, Norman Del Mar, Anatomy of the Orchestra, page 420:
text: Tension gradually mounts through the instrumental section as the dynamics build to a climactic point at bar 69 (5.12): the first occasion on which we hear the double-bass player strike the crotale - tuned, of course, to g³, the note identified by Harvey as the ‘death note’.
ref: 2009, Michael Downes, Jonathan Harvey: Song Offerings and White As Jasmine, page 69:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A percussion instrument of archaic origin, resembling a metal castanet or cymbal.
Synonyms: antique cymbal
ephods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ephod
melon-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a head in the shape of a melon.
glosses: dimwitted, foolish
Derived terms: melon-headed whale
precedentially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɛsəˈdɛnʃəli/
Etymology: From precedential + -ly.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In a manner having the force of precedent.
cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaners
Senses: glosses: A bird of species Philydor pyrrhodes, in the Furnariidae family, native to Brazil.
Related terms: foliage-gleaner
rockier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of rocky: more rocky
rockier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockiers
Senses: examples: text: Gilbert White writes, "I have consulted a sportsman who tells me that […] often there are amongst them little parties of small blue doves which he calls rockiers. The food of these numberless migrants was beechmast and some acorns."
ref: 1887, Edwin Lester Linden Arnold, Bird Life in England, page 182:
glosses: A small blue dove.
rockiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of rocky: most rocky
gooier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gooey: more gooey
aceanthrylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing an unsaturated five-membered ring ortho- and peri-fused to the 1- and 9- positions of anthracene
epeen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epeens
Etymology: e- and diminutive form of penis.
Senses: glosses: A technology-related item or status used as an embodiment of one's superiority over others.
MDF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MDFs
Senses: examples: text: I sat on the counter with Anwar, our nervous legs kicking the cheap MDF panels until they rattled.
ref: 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 326:
text: Using veneer on MDF can also create the illusion of solid wood.
ref: 2019 September 20, “MDF vs HDF: Understanding Differences and Best Uses in Woodworking”, in Forest Plywood:
glosses: Initialism of medium-density fibreboard.
Related terms: HDF
LDF
acenaphthylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acenaphthylenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing an unsaturated five-membered ring ortho- and peri-fused to the 1- and 9- positions of naphthalene.
wikipedia: acenaphthylene
fibreboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibreboards
Etymology: From fibre + board.
Senses: glosses: British and Canada standard spelling of fiberboard.
acephenanthrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing an unsaturated five-membered ring ortho- and peri-fused to the 1- and 9- positions of phenanthrene
empty-nester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of empty nester.
acridarsine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acridarsines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tricyclic aromatic heterocycle formally derived from acridine by replacing the nitrogen atom with arsenic
pocket-watch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocket-watches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pocket watch.
acridophosphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acridophosphines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tricyclic aromatic heterocycle formally derived from acridine by replacing the nitrogen atom with phosphorus
AIO
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of all-in-one.
AIO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AIOs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of all-in-one.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of asynchronous I/O.
riverain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more riverain
form: most riverain
Etymology: Borrowed from French riverain.
Senses: examples: text: Some fourteen years later the company obtained from Congress authority to reclaim a large area of riverain land on which to construct its terminus and yard, but it was not until July, 1912, that trains ran into its present Buenos Aires terminus, Retiro Station.
ref: 1943 September and October, “Notes and News: B.A.P.R. Diamond Jubilee”, in Railway Magazine, page 307:
glosses: Of or pertaining to rivers or their surrounding environments.
riverain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riverains
Etymology: Borrowed from French riverain.
Senses: examples: text: But, in the eyes of the riverains, the coup threatened not just Bashir—the North's historical domination of power and wealth in Sudan stood in the balance.
ref: 2016, Philip Roessler, Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa, page 169:
glosses: A person who lives beside a river.
Related terms: riparian
similies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simily
red-headed Eskimo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-headed Eskimos
Etymology: So called because there are few or no red-headed Eskimos.
Senses: glosses: A legislative proposal that benefits only a small or nonexistent group.
XD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of experience design.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of mixed doubles.
theophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more theophobic
form: most theophobic
Etymology: From theo- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to theophobia; afraid of a God or gods.
theophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theophobes
Etymology: From theo- + -phobe.
Senses: glosses: One who is affected by theophobia.
theophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theophobe
sit-inner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sit-inners
Etymology: From sit-in + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I wish you had commended the Negro sit-inner and demonstrators for their sublime courage.
ref: 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail:
text: The interview schedule included two questions asking sit-inners for their perceptions of what their college administrators and professors thought about what they were doing.
ref: 1967, John M. Orbell, “Protest Participation among Southern Negro College Students”, in The American Political Science Review, volume 61, number 2, page 448:
text: The equation of student and sit-inner on a wide scale was in part the result of strategic framing efforts by representatives of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
ref: 1998, Francesca Polletta, ““It Was like a Fever ...” Narrative and Identity in Social Protest”, in Social Problems, volume 45, number 2, page 145:
glosses: A nonviolent protester who participates in a sit-in.
made of fail
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Bad.
ecclesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈkli.zi.ə/
Forms: form: ecclesiae
form: ecclesias
Etymology: From Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía). Doublet of Eccles.
Senses: glosses: The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
examples: text: The 1880s were no more peaceful for the ecclesias than had been the 1870s. Generally membership was increasing; so much so in London that two new ecclesias were formed, leaving about 200 in the older ecclesia at Islington.
ref: 1961, Bryan R[onald] Wilson, “The History of Christadelphianism”, in Sects and Society: A Sociological Study of Three Religious Groups in Britain (Heinemann Books on Sociology), London: William Heinemann Ltd, →OCLC, part III (The Christadelphians), page 247:
topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A church, either as a body or as a building.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The congregation, the group of believers, symbolic body or building.
Related terms: ecclesiast
Ecclesiastes
ecclesiastic
ecclesiastical
ecclesiastically
ecclesiologic
ecclesiological
ecclesiologically
ecclesiologist
ecclesiology
sola ecclesia
Sola Ecclesia
egocaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: egocasters
Etymology: From egocast + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who shares a personality or ego through a network, such as in a weblog or a podcast; someone who egocasts.
fried rices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fried rice
noshoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noshorings
Etymology: From noshore + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The use of noshore solutions; specifically the business practice of combining elements of offshore and nearshore outsourcing solutions with local resources. For example, software developers may be in Mexico, whereas project managers will be based in the United States in San Diego.
ground mobile force
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground mobile forces
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A communications unit and their equipment; most often in reference to satellite communications.
Synonyms: GMF
put one's shoulder to the wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts one's shoulder to the wheel
form: putting one's shoulder to the wheel
form: put one's shoulder to the wheel
form: put one's shoulder to the wheel
Etymology: From the literal action of attempting to free a cart from a rut or muddy ground.
Senses: examples: text: When he got to law school he knew he'd have to put his shoulder to the wheel to succeed.
text: War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives... Of course, it isn't put that crudely in war time. It is dressed into speeches about patriotism, love of country, and "we must all put our shoulders to the wheel," but the profits jump and leap and skyrocket—and are safely pocketed.
ref: 1935, Smedley Butler, War Is a Racket, page 1 & 7:
text: Along the way, companies such as Facebook and Google employ every useful foot soldier, including social scientists such as [Alexander] Kogan who are willing to put their shoulders to the wheel as they help the company learn, perfect, and integrate the cutting-edge methods that can conquer the next frontier […]
ref: 2018, Shoshana Zuboff, chapter 9, in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism:
glosses: To work hard, to complete an activity with one's complete effort and focus.
Related terms: set one's shoulder to the wheel
ear to the ground
keep one's eye on the ball
unsub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌnsʌb/
Forms: form: unsubs
form: UNSUB
Senses: examples: text: Further analysis may identify that the unsub has no specific schedule and has been escalating in the type of fire activity he or she is involved in.
ref: 2002, Brett Martinez, Multiple Fire Setters: The Process of Tracking and Identification, page 110:
text: In short, UNSUB profiling is premised on two fundamental assumptions: (1) behavioral uniformity across offenses and (2) steady associations between configurations of offense behaviors and background characteristics.
ref: 2011, Brent E. Turvey, Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis, page 639:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Abbreviation of unknown subject of an investigation..
unsub
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌnsʌb/
Forms: form: unsubs
form: unsubbing
form: unsubbed
form: unsubbed
Etymology: From un- + sub.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of unsubscribe.
unsub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌnsʌb/
Forms: form: unsubs
Etymology: From un- + sub.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of unsubscription.
glosses: Abbreviation of unsubscriber.
world-shaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more world-shaking
form: most world-shaking
Senses: glosses: Momentous; of great import; of great significance, importance or consequence.
arsanthridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arsanthridines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The heterocycle formally derived from phenanthridine by replacing the nitrogen atom with one or arsenic
arsindole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arsindoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The heterocycle formally derived from indole by replacing the nitrogen atom with one of arsenic.
arsindolizine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arsindolizines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The heterocycle formally derived from indolizine by replacing the nitrogen atom with one or arsenic
worldshaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of world-shaking.
indolizine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indolizines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bicyclic heterocycle that is an isomer of indole
arsinoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arsinolines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The heterocycle formally derived from quinoline by replacing the nitrogen atom with one or arsenic
arsinolizine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arsinolizines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The heterocycle formally derived from quinolizine by replacing the nitrogen atom with one or arsenic
isoarsindole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoarsindoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The heterocycle formally derived from isoindole by replacing the nitrogen atom with one or arsenic
isoarsinoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoarsinolines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The heterocycle formally derived from isoquinoline by replacing the nitrogen atom with one or arsenic
isoindole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoindoles
Etymology: From iso- + indole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bicyclic heterocycle that is an isomer of indole
Derived terms: glisindamide
phosphindole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphindoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterocycle formally derived from indole by replacing the nitrogen atom with phosphorus
phosphindolizine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphindolizines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterocycle formally derived from indolizine by replacing the nitrogen atom with phosphorus
isophosphindole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isophosphindoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterocycle formally derived from isoindole by replacing the nitrogen atom with phosphorus
isophosphinoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isophosphinolines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterocycle formally derived from isoquinoline by replacing the nitrogen atom with phosphorus
phosphanthridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphanthridines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterocycle formally derived from phenanthridine by replacing the nitrogen atom with phosphorus
phosphinoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphinolines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterocycle formally derived from quinoline by replacing the nitrogen atom with phosphorus
phosphinolizine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphinolizines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterocycle formally derived from quinolizine by replacing the nitrogen atom with phosphorus.
azepine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azepines
Etymology: az- (“nitrogen-substituted”) + -epine (from French hepta- (“seven-membered”) + -ine)
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated seven-membered heterocycle having six carbon atoms, one nitrogen atom and three double bonds
Derived terms: azepinium
azepinone
benzazepine
diazepine
pyrrolobenzodiazepine
triazepine
azepane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azepanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saturated seven-membered heterocycle having six carbon atoms and one nitrogen atom
Derived terms: bazedoxifene
glisoxepide
nabazenil
oxepine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxepines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated seven-membered heterocycle having six carbon atoms, one oxygen atom and three double bonds
Derived terms: benzoxepine
dioxepine
oxepinone
oxepane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxepanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saturated seven-membered heterocycle having six carbon atoms and one oxygen atom
thiepine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiepines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated seven-membered heterocycle having six carbon atoms, one sulfur atom and three double bonds
Derived terms: thiazepine