cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fellatios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fellatio
legable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In order for a business to be valuable, it must first be legable.
synonyms: bequeathable
glosses: Capable of being bequeathed.
legable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of legible.
special drawing right
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: special drawing rights
Senses: synonyms: paper gold
glosses: A monetary unit of account maintained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the value of which is based on a basket of major currencies, currently (since 2016) consisting of the US dollar, the euro, the renminbi, the Japanese yen, and the pound sterling.
core eudicots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of core eudicot
core eudicot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: core eudicots
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant or taxonomic grouping that is within the clade core eudicots.
applistructures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of applistructure
dirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dirt
dirts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dirt
dirting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dirt
dirted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of dirt
Unix weenies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Unix weenie
glow discharges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glow discharge
cathode dark spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathode dark space
Faraday dark spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Faraday dark space
positive columns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of positive column
Aston dark spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aston dark space
federatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From federative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a federative way.
shaded-pole motor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shaded-pole motors
Senses: glosses: A particular type of AC single-phase induction motor
shaded-pole motors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shaded-pole motor
shaded poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shaded pole
muticous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more muticous
form: most muticous
Etymology: Latin muticus, for mutilus. See mutilate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Without a point or pointed end; blunt.
shaded pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shaded poles
Senses: glosses: A magnetic pole in an electric motor or solenoid with a shading coil that encircles a portion of the pole face. The shading coil creates an out-of-phase current that allows a single phase alternating current electric motor to start or minimizes chatter in an alternating current solenoid or relay.
Derived terms: shaded-pole motor
shading coil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shading coils
Senses: glosses: A shorted coil (usually one turn) embedded in an alternating current pole face and encircling a portion of that face.
Synonyms: shading ring
magnetic poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnetic pole
feeder schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feeder school
pole face
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pole faces
Senses: glosses: The terminating surface of a magnetic pole of a magnet or electromagnet.
pole faces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pole face
tetradactyle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tetradactyl.
zoœcial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The genus Retepora was first established on account of the anastomosing reticulate zoarial growth; but it has become quite clear that this is not a satisfactory character, since species have been found which are simply foliaceous with the zoœcial features of Retepora. Although our ideas of the importance of reticulation have quite changed, I maintain that we have here a natural group based upon zoœcial characters, though unaware of any one character which is absolutely constant.
ref: 1894, Arthur William Waters, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, volume XXV, page 255:
glosses: Obsolete form of zooecial.
wiggle dresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wiggle dress
sheath dress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheath dresses
Senses: glosses: A long close-fitting dress or skirt, often with a slit or pleat on one side. It is longer than a cocktail dress and falls around the knees or lower thighs.
Related terms: hobble skirt
pencil skirt
wiggle dress
sheath dresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheath dress
pezograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pezographs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πέζις (pézis, “peziza [a stalkess cup mushroom]”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to carve, draw, write”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A regmaglypt.
piezoglypt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piezoglypts
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πιέζειν (piézein, “to press, squeeze”), and γλυπτόν (gluptón, “a carving, sculpture”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A regmaglypt.
pezographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pezograph
piezoglypts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piezoglypt
cargo holds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cargo hold
East Elbian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: east Elbian
form: east-Elbian
Etymology: From east + Elbian.
Senses: examples: text: By contrast, there were in 1866 in all seven east-Elbian Prussian provinces 12,150 noble estates.
ref: 1986, Peasant Studies, volume 14, page 276:
text: Despite the impressive scope of its activity, Ottonian Christianization rested on insecure foundations, with few churches and only a tenuous hold on most of the East Elbian and Baltic populations.
ref: 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 83:
glosses: East of the river Elbe, as an area of German or Germanic activity; pertaining to the informal East Elbia region of the German Empire.
East Elbia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: That region of Germany lying to the east of the Elbe, comprising Brandenburg, Pomerania, Silesia and Prussia, marked by serfdom, political conservatism and Protestantism.
Derived terms: East Elbian
Passarge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in central Europe which flows into the Vistula Lagoon.
Derived terms: Schöpf-Schulz-Passarge syndrome
shipping lane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shipping lanes
Senses: examples: text: Something has happened to North Atlantic icebergs this season. Up to last week only two small "growlers" had floated into the shipping lanes.
ref: 1931 June 8, “Science: No Icebergs”, in Time:
text: Ships line up on the buoys to insure they do not stray from the shipping lane.
ref: 1987 July 30, Bernard E. Trainor, “Showdown in Gulf”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Feb 2013:
text: A multilateral force rescued a Chinese ship from Somali pirates on Wednesday, in a sign foreign navies patrolling the shipping lane linking Europe to Asia are adopting tougher new tactics.
ref: 2008 December 17, David Clarke, “Chinese ship rescued from pirates in Gulf of Aden”, in Reuters, retrieved 18 Feb 2013:
glosses: A route across an ocean, sea, or other body of water which is regularly used by commercial maritime vessels.
common cockchafer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common cockchafers
Senses: glosses: A cockchafer of species Melolontha melolontha.
Guoanbu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Guo'anbu
Etymology: From Mandarin 國安部／国安部 (Guó'ānbù), short for 国家安全部 (Guójiā Ānquán Bù, literally “State Security Ministry”).
Senses: glosses: Ministry of State Security (China); the intelligence, security and secret police agency of the People's Republic of China, headquartered in Beijing
molly-guards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of molly-guard
Tír na nÓg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Tír na nÓg (literally “land of the young”), from Old Irish Tír inna n-Óc. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Tìr nan Òg, Manx Çheer ny Aeg.
Senses: examples: text: In the old Irish folklore, this is a land where no one gets old or sick and where heroes live in comfort and tranquillity. But the land of Tír na nÓg only materialises to mere mortals at certain times, under certain circumstances.
ref: 2013, John Jacob English, Fragile Blue, AuthorHouse, page 40:
text: Tír na nÓg is not an afterlife analogous to the Christian concept of heaven but an Otherworld of earthly paradise that is home to the genealogical ancestors of the fairies, the Tuatha Dé Danaan.
ref: 2016, Christopher Collins, Theatre and Residual Culture, Springer Nature (Palgrave Macmillan), page 261:
text: Grafting Tír na nÓg, the mythical land of eternal youth in Irish mythology, onto the Greek tragic tale is a stark and unexpected move.
ref: 2020, Isabelle Torrance, “Post-Ceasefire Antigones and Northern Ireland”, in Isabelle Torrance, Donncha O'Rourke, editors, Classics and Irish Politics, 1916-2016, Oxford University Press, page 338:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Land of (eternal) Youth; one of the names for the Celtic otherworld (or possibly a part thereof).
pageant fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: All ranks appear to have imbibed the pageant-fever from the fair aristocrat, who arranges her raven locks after the Jewess fashion, so becomingly borne by Mrs. Flynn, down to the ragged urchin who patrols the street with a stick and a kite ...
ref: 1835, “Bowery Theatre”, in The New-York Mirror, volume 13, page 310:
text: One can fancy, if this “Pageant fever” continues, that Bury St. Edmunds will be boasting that she has gathered her tens of thousands where Warwick gathered her thousands, and so on.
ref: 1906 August, Fanny Johnson, “Folk-plays and Folk-education”, in The School World, volume VIII, number 92, London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., page 289:
text: Last year, it may be remembered, my allusions, such as they were, to the Pageant fever that obsessed the country (Pageantitis) were couched in somewhat supercilious vain.
ref: 1907 May 8, “The Oxford Pageant”, in The Bystander, volume XIV, number 179, London, page 280:
text: The “pageant fever” that strikes this resort each September ...
ref: 1948 September 7, “Miss America Due to Be Chosen”, in The New York Times, page 28:
text: Whether we admit it or not, once a year (and only once), the country comes down with pageant fever.
ref: 1992, Armando Riverol, Live from Atlantic City: The History of the Miss America Pageant Before, After and in Spite of Television, Popular Press, page iii:
glosses: A rise in the popular enthusiasm for pageants.
examples: text: Most contestants don't need much encouragement; once they begin to compete they catch pageant fever.
ref: 1984, Newsweek, volume 104, numbers 10–18, page 60:
text: JonBenét seemed to have pageant fever, too. She was a seasoned pro by the time she was six.
ref: 2010, T. R. Thomas, Cold Cases, Saddleback Educational Publishing, page 21:
text: By Thursday, Momma's pageant fever was worse than ever, though the tri-county pageant wasn't until early June.
ref: 2012, Kirsten Hubbard, Like Mandarin, Ember, page 151:
glosses: An enthusiastic desire to participate in pageants.
Related terms: pageantitis
asthore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asthores
Etymology: From Irish Gaelic a ("oh") + stór ("treasure").
Senses: examples: text: "Ah, then, Jack asthore," says he [the ass].
ref: 1866, Patrick Kennedy, “Jack and His Comrades”, in Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts:
text: And there she was right enough, that lovely sight enough, the girleen bawn asthore, as for days galore, of planxty Gregory.
ref: 1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC:
glosses: treasure (as a term of endearment)
Beckmann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beckmanns
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Beckmann fragmentation
Beckmann rearrangement
Beckmann solution
Beckmann thermometer
Binder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Binder syndrome
unbrake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈbɹeɪk/
Forms: form: unbrakes
form: unbraking
form: unbraked
form: unbraked
Etymology: From un- + brake.
Senses: glosses: to stop braking, to release the brake(s)
glosses: to release the brakes of (a car, wheel)
pirozhok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pirozhki
form: piroshok
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian пирожо́к (pirožók), diminutive of пиро́г (piróg, “pie”).
Senses: glosses: singular of pirozhki - Russian пирожки́ (pirožkí)
shading coils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shading coil
Bamboo Curtain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Bamboo Curtain
form: bamboo curtain
Etymology: After iron curtain, the original Cold War “curtain” (in Europe). First used in Time magazine in 1949.
Senses: examples: text: Gen. Wego Chiang, commander-in-chief of the Combined Service Forces, called on leaders of the free world to design an effective global strategy to safeguard world peace and to rescue the enslaved people behind the Bamboo Curtain.
ref: 1982 November 7, “ROC to aid joint security”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIII, number 44, Taipei, page 1:
text: “A new bamboo curtain may be coming down on Southeast Asia,” he worried. This would not be a hard-and-fast wall like the Iron Curtain; nor would it be part of some newly imagined Asian domino theory.
ref: 2008 September, Robert D. Kaplan, “Lifting the Bamboo Curtain”, in The Atlantic:
text: As it had been for other Western reporters getting their first look behind the Bamboo Curtain, it was all a marvel for Payne. After all, here was a country that less than a quarter of a century ago had been destitute after three decades of revolutionary warfare.
ref: 2015, James McGrath Morris, Eye on the Struggle, Amistad, →ISBN, page 321:
glosses: The political and ideological barrier between the communist and capitalist states of Asia during the Cold War.
Related terms: bamboo ceiling
gorsoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡɔːˈsuːn/
Forms: form: gorsoons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gossoon.
lead chamber process
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lead chamber processes
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An industrial method for the production of sulphuric acid
bamboo curtain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the bamboo curtain
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Bamboo Curtain.
Puig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan Puig.
Senses: examples: text: Fr. Felipe Císcar Puig was a Valencian priest who is also also considered a martyr of the sacramental seal because he was martyred after keeping confessions secret during the religious persecution of the Spanish Civil War.
ref: 2017 December 16, “These priests were martyred for refusing to violate the seal of confession”, in Catholic News Agency:
glosses: A surname from Catalan.
chronopharmacodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to chronopharmacodynamics.
chronopharmacodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chrono- + pharmacodynamics.
Senses: glosses: The study of how the effects of drugs are modified based on the time at which they are administered.
chronopharmacokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to chronopharmacokinetics.
chronopharmacokinetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chrono- + pharmacokinetics.
Senses: glosses: The study of how the absorption, metabolism and elimination of drugs relates to the time at which they are administered.
manacing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of manace
manaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of manace
valorousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valourousness
Etymology: From valorous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being valorous; valour.
homoromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homoromantic
form: most homoromantic
Etymology: From homo- + romantic.
Senses: examples: text: Often, however, asexual people will also identify with a particular sexual orientation, minus the sexual aspect, and may define themselves as heteroromantic, homoromantic, biromantic, transromantic or panromantic.
ref: 2009, Jennifer Byrne, "He's Just Not That Into Anyone, Pop Matters, 31 August 2009
text: It does not address other kinds of sexuality such as demisexual (sexual attraction is experienced only when accompanied by a strong emotional attraction), pansexual (attraction across all gender identities and biological sexes. Think “gender blind”), and the romantics (Homoromantic/heteroromantic/aromantic making attraction experienced romantically rather than sexually) among others.
ref: 2012 October 5, Kristen Hammond, “Gettin’ down with the sexuality spectrum and where we fit”, in The Elm:
text: Thus, you can be asexual and biromantic (romantically attracted to men and women), panromantic (romantically attracted to any gender identity), homoromantic (romantically attracted to members of the same sex), or heteroromantic (romantically attracted to members of the opposite sex). Some aces are asexual and aromantic, meaning they enjoy platonic friendships, but don’t experience romantic attraction.
ref: 2013 October 21, Helena Horton, “What is Asexuality?”, in York Vision:
text: There are different types of ‘aces’, with asexuals being heteroromantic (romantically attracted to the opposite sex); homoromantic (to the same sex); biromantic (to both sexes); panromantic (to both sexes and transsexuals); or aromantic (experiencing little or no romantic attraction to anyone).
ref: 2015 February 23, Alix O'Neill, “What It Feels Like To Be Asexual In A Sex-Obsessed World”, in Marie Claire:
glosses: Romantically attracted to those of the same gender.
homoromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homoromantics
Etymology: From homo- + romantic.
Senses: glosses: One who is romantically attracted to people of the same gender.
Derived terms: homoromanticism
Related terms: homoerotic
homosexual
heteroromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heteroromantic
form: most heteroromantic
Etymology: From hetero- + romantic.
Senses: examples: text: Often, however, asexual people will also identify with a particular sexual orientation, minus the sexual aspect, and may define themselves as heteroromantic, homoromantic, biromantic, transromantic or panromantic.
ref: 2009, Jennifer Byrne, "He's Just Not That Into Anyone, Pop Matters, 31 August 2009
text: It does not address other kinds of sexuality such as demisexual (sexual attraction is experienced only when accompanied by a strong emotional attraction), pansexual (attraction across all gender identities and biological sexes. Think “gender blind”), and the romantics (Homoromantic/heteroromantic/aromantic making attraction experienced romantically rather than sexually) among others.
ref: 2012 October 5, Kristen Hammond, “Gettin’ down with the sexuality spectrum and where we fit”, in The Elm:
text: Thus, you can be asexual and biromantic (romantically attracted to men and women), panromantic (romantically attracted to any gender identity), homoromantic (romantically attracted to members of the same sex), or heteroromantic (romantically attracted to members of the opposite sex). Some aces are asexual and aromantic, meaning they enjoy platonic friendships, but don’t experience romantic attraction.
ref: 2013 October 21, Helena Horton, “What is Asexuality?”, in York Vision:
text: There are different types of ‘aces’, with asexuals being heteroromantic (romantically attracted to the opposite sex); homoromantic (to the same sex); biromantic (to both sexes); panromantic (to both sexes and transsexuals); or aromantic (experiencing little or no romantic attraction to anyone).
ref: 2015 February 23, Alix O'Neill, “What It Feels Like To Be Asexual In A Sex-Obsessed World”, in Marie Claire:
glosses: Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
Related terms: heteroerotic
heterosocial
heterosexual
heteromantic
heteroscedasticities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heteroscedasticity
heterosaccharides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterosaccharide
intrapacket
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + packet.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Within a packet of data.
interpacket
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + packet.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Between packets of data.
Maxentian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Maxentian
form: most Maxentian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Maxentius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius Augustus; c. 278–312), Roman Emperor from 306 to 312.
Stafford knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stafford knots
Senses: glosses: A three-looped knot, the traditional symbol of the English county of Staffordshire and its county town, Stafford.
Stafford knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stafford knot
pressingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pressing + -ness.
Senses: glosses: urgency
tovero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toveros
Etymology: Blend of tobiano + overo?
Senses: glosses: A horse whose coloration is a mixture of tobiano and overo.
toveros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tovero
lethal white syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fatal autosomal genetic disorder of horses, resulting in a white coat, blue eyes, and a non-functioning colon.
cropout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cropouts
Etymology: Deverbal from crop out.
Senses: examples: text: The dark overo cropouts often have wide blazes on the face and do not have the bald or apron faces that are associated with the overo color pattern.
ref: 1988, Glynn W. Haynes, The American Paint Horse, page 92:
glosses: A horse that has spotted coloration but whose sire and dam were both solid-coloured.
cropouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cropout
Camps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
mogo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Swahili muhogo.
Senses: glosses: cassava
panellation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From panel + -ation.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: division of a feature into separate panels.
glosses: division of a piece of land into smaller parcels.
Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Ulrich Wolf and Kurt Hirschhorn, who wrote scientific articles about it.
Senses: glosses: A genetic disorder characterized by a distinct craniofacial phenotype, growth and mental retardation, muscle hypotonia, seizures, and congenital heart defects.
Synonyms: Pitt-Rogers-Danks syndrome
Pitt syndrome
depower
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: depowers
form: depowering
form: depowered
form: depowered
Etymology: From de- + power.
Senses: glosses: To reduce the power of; to strip power from.
Synonyms: de-energize
power down
power off
Derived terms: depowerable
Related terms: english: morphologically similar but (by idiomatic accident) refers semantically only to social power, not electrical power
translation: morphologically similar but (by idiomatic accident) refers semantically only to social power, not electrical power
word: disempower
depowered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of depower
depowers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of depower
depowering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of depower
einkorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of einkorn
swear box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swear boxes
Senses: glosses: a money box, used to collect a nominal fine from people who use foul language, especially in a workplace.
Hypernyms: box
poulp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poulps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of poulpe.
poulps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poulp
pseudocoelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + Ancient Greek κοιλία (koilía, “cavity of the body”).
Senses: examples: text: the inaccurate representation of the pseudocoelia is exaggerated
ref: 1882, Burt Green Wilder, Anatomical Technology:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain.
nonsinner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsinners
Etymology: From non- + sinner.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a sinner.
nonsinners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsinner
nonsinglets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsinglet
Whitbyan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Whitbyan
form: most Whitbyan
Etymology: From Whitby + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Daniel Whitby (1638–1726), controversial English theologian and biblical commentator.
chunkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chenco
form: chungke
form: chungkee
form: chunkee
form: chunky
form: tchungke
form: tchungkee
form: tchung-kee
Etymology: From the undocumented language(s) (potentially Sioux-Catawban) of the Shoccoree–Eno–Adshusheer peoples of north-central North Carolina (roughly corresponding to the Research Triangle and the Piedmont Triad regions). The earliest attestation is as “chenco” in John Lawson’s 1709 travelogue.
Senses: glosses: A sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to land the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.
Related terms: chunkyard
chenco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chunkey.
chungke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chunkey.
tchungkee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chunkey.
aminobenzoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminobenzoate
Turingery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Turing + -ery, after its inventor Alan Turing.
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A manual cryptanalysis technique used in breaking the Lorenz cipher during World War II, based on deducing the wheel settings of the machine that did the encryption.
wikipedia: Alan Turing
Synonyms: Turingismus
Turingismus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Turing + -ismus.
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Turingery.
synonyms: word: Turingery
takes a flyer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take a flyer
taking a flyer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take a flyer
took a flyer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take a flyer
taken a flyer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take a flyer
akashvani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: akashvanis
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाशवाणी (ākāśavāṇī, “celestial announcement from the sky, or voice from the sky/heaven”); probably through Hindi आकाशवाणी (ākāśvāṇī) or another Indic language with schwa deletion.
Senses: examples: text: In Hindu, Jain and Buddhist mythology, akashvanis often featured in stories as a medium of communication from the heavens to mankind.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A gift or message from heaven.
wikipedia: Schwa deletion in Indo-Aryan languages
18mo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 18mos
Etymology: 18 + -mo, for an eighteenth of a sheet.
Senses: qualifier: paper
glosses: Abbreviation of octodecimo, a page size.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A book size octodecimo-sized pages.
Synonyms: sense: paper size
word: 18º
sense: paper size
word: eighteenmo
sense: paper size
word: octodecimo
sense: book size
word: T
sense: book size
word: 18º
sense: book size
word: eighteenmo
sense: book size
word: octodecimo
house lamb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house lambs
Senses: glosses: A lamb raised for slaughter wholly inside a building.
examples: text: On his marriage morning, he always caused both sides of the way to church to be planted with curious flowers; and when his bride said, 'Dear Captain Murderer, I ever saw flowers like these before: what are they called?' he answered, 'They are called Garnish for house-lamb,' and laughed at his ferocious practical joke in a horrid manner, disquieting the minds of the noble bridal company, with a very sharp show of teeth, then displayed for the first time.
ref: 1860, Charles Dickens, Captain Murderer:
glosses: The meat of such a lamb.
house lambs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house lamb
Trans-Jordanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Trans-Jordanian
form: most Trans-Jordanian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Transjordanian.
Trans-Jordanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trans-Jordanians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Transjordanian.
Trans-Jordanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Trans-Jordanian
stauropegial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: stavropegial
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek σταυροπηγία (stauropēgía), from σταυρός (staurós, “cross”) (Greek σταυρός (stavrós)) + πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “secure, fix, fasten”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a stauropegion.
qualifier: church or brotherhood
glosses: Subordinated directly to the primate of the church (e.g. the patriarch) or the synod rather than to a local bishop.
raw_tags: of an Eastern Orthodoxy or an Eastern Catholic monastery
Synonyms: stauropegic
stavropegic
Related terms: stauropegion
stauropegic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: stavropegic
Etymology: See stauropegial.
Senses: glosses: Stauropegial.
raw_tags: of an Eastern Orthodoxy or Eastern Catholicism monastery
stavropegial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stauropegial.
stavropegic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stauropegic.
agrotransformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agro-transformation
Etymology: From agro- (“short for Agrobacterium”) + transformation.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, usually performed on plants to introduce new genes
Related terms: agrotransformant
agro-transformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From agro- + transformation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of agrotransformation.
glosses: An agricultural transformation.
wedgetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wedgetails
Etymology: From wedge + tail.
Senses: glosses: The eaglehawk.
glosses: A damselfly of the genus Acanthagrion.
wedgetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wedgetail
eagle-hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eagle-hawks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of eaglehawk.
eagle-hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eagle-hawk
duck hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duck hawks
form: duck-hawk
Senses: glosses: peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
glosses: marsh harrier
duck hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duck hawk
duck-hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duck-hawks
Senses: glosses: Rare form of duck hawk.
duck-hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duck-hawk
peregrine hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peregrine hawks
Senses: glosses: The peregrine falcon.
peregrine hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peregrine hawk
Düna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Düna.
Senses: glosses: The Daugava (a river in eastern Europe).
Synonyms: Daugava
Western Dwina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Western Dvina.
Western Dvina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: So called to distinguish it from the Northern Dvina.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Daugava.
synonyms: word: Daugava
Astrakhanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Astrakhan + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Astrakhan or its natives, residents or culture.
Astrakhanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Astrakhanians
Etymology: From Astrakhan + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or resident of Astrakhan.
Astrakhanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Astrakhanian
money box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: money boxes
form: moneybox
form: money-box
Senses: examples: text: “[…]We had an old lady come in with £2 worth of 5ps.” “She raided her money box,” said McCormack.
ref: 2025 September 14, Daniel Boffey, quoting Shazza McCormack, “Racism or celebration? What England’s flag-hoisters are saying – and what others are hearing”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A tin, often with a slot in the top, for depositing coins, used by children to save money.
bureaugamy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bureau + -gamy.
Senses: examples: text: The ancient mammalian unit of mother and child has morphed into a "bureaugamy," as single mothers find government assistance a more satisfying partner than a confused male.
ref: 1999, Publishers Weekly review of The Decline of Males, March 29, 1999
text: If bureaugamy is the marriage of citizen to the bureaucratic state, then what we really have is an arranged marriage shotgun wedding.
ref: 2011, November 15, 2011
text: In 1999 Lionel Tiger coined the word ‘bureaugamy’ to refer to the relationship between officially impoverished mothers of illegitimate children and the government.
ref: 2012, May 5, 2012
glosses: marriage (literal or metaphorical) to a bureaucracy
Derived terms: word: bureaugamous
bureaugamous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bureau + -gamous (derived from bureaugamy).
Senses: glosses: Married (literally or metaphorically) to a bureaucracy.
scale back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scales back
form: scaling back
form: scaled back
form: scaled back
Senses: examples: text: I scaled back my hours to be with the kids more.
text: The TSSA said that access to the furlough scheme should be reinstated for the cross-Channel operator to protect jobs, while the RMT said a financial 'safety net' was needed to prevent Eurostar "tipping over". It follows similar but unheeded calls made at the very start of the pandemic, when international travel fell by more than 95% and Eurostar was forced to scale back its operation to just one service between London and Paris each day.
ref: 2022 January 12, “Network News: Unions urge government to provide financial support for Eurostar”, in RAIL, number 948, page 6:
synonyms: scale down
antonyms: scale up
scale out
glosses: To make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something.
Derived terms: word: scaleback
over the odds
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Connected with gambling, such as horse racing and card games, where the amount for a price or a payoff depends on the odds (chances).
Senses: examples: text: If you wait til next week, you'll find yourself paying over the odds for the tickets.
text: This might look like another of those dotcom deals, where a wealthy corporate giant pays over the odds for a business with big user numbers but no concrete business plan.
ref: 2013 October 15, Rory Cellan-Jones, “Supercell: Europe’s supercharged games success”, in BBC News:
glosses: More than necessary; too much.
Related terms: beat the odds
microkinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + -kinesis.
Senses: examples: text: It features a fully coded Talent system including 'pathing, 'porting, merging, clairvoyance, clairaudience and microkinesis.
ref: 1998 October 10, Greg Kempe, “AD: [tinymush] TowerMUSH - AM's Tower and the Hive books”, in rec.games.mud.announce (Usenet):
text: In our telekinesis case, the psi. might pick up microkinesis or macrokinesis at a certain level.
ref: 2000 April 5, Kelly Ross Pederson, “Re: 3E psionics ideas?”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):
text: […], to arrange for him to be treated by a Guild medic who could repair the heart with microkinesis.
ref: 2014, Alexandra Hughes, Marked, Penguin Group, page 55:
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: The ability to move objects and affect matter on a microscopic, cellular, atomic or subatomic level with the power of one's mind.
glosses: Random and meaningless movements made by a new-born infant.
Related terms: biokinesis
macrokinesis
microkinetics
psychokinesis
telekinesis
thermokinesis
thermokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermokineses
Etymology: From thermo- + -kinesis.
Senses: topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: The ability to manipulate the motion of molecules, slowing them down or speeding them up, thus changing temperature in the immediate vicinity with the power of one's mind. This is a wide spectrum ability than simply pyrokinesis or cryokinesis.
glosses: An instance of use of such power.
Related terms: psychokinesis
telekinesis
microkinesis
pyrokinesis
cryokinesis
sofkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sofkee.
sofkee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sofkey
Etymology: Borrowed from Creek safke.
Senses: glosses: Grits (a dish of ground hominy).
softkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: softkeys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of soft key.
softkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of softkey
scales back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scale back
scaling back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scale back
scaled back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scale back
Aniwan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Aniwan
form: most Aniwan
Etymology: From Aniwa + -n.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Aniwa, a small island of Vanuatu.
Aniwan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aniwans
Etymology: From Aniwa + -n.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Aniwa.
Aniwans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aniwan
redelegate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redelegates
form: redelegating
form: redelegated
form: redelegated
Etymology: From re- + delegate.
Senses: glosses: To delegate again or anew.
redelegates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redelegate
redelegating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redelegate
redelegated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redelegate
redelegation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redelegations
Etymology: From re- + delegation.
Senses: glosses: Act of redelegating.
redelegations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redelegation
subdelegation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subdelegations
Etymology: From sub- + delegation.
Senses: glosses: Act of subdelegating.
glosses: Early administrative division of Chile
subdelegations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subdelegation
Kapingamarangian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kapingamarangian
form: most Kapingamarangian
Etymology: From Kapingamarangi + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Kapingamarangi, an atoll and municipality of the Federated States of Micronesia.
Kapingamarangian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kapingamarangians
Etymology: From Kapingamarangi + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Kapingamarangi.
Kapingamarangians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kapingamarangian
Sikaianan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sikaianan
form: most Sikaianan
Etymology: From Sikaiana + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sikaiana, one of the Solomon Islands.
Sikaianan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sikaianans
Etymology: From Sikaiana + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Sikaiana.
Sikaianans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sikaianan
cognatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cognate + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a mode of descent calculated from an ancestor or ancestress through any combination of male and female links, or a system of bilateral kinship where relations are traced through both father and mother.
Derived terms: cognatically
Related terms: agnatic
enatic
Maohi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maohis
form: Maohi
Senses: glosses: An indigenous Tahitian.
Maohis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Maohi
Fakaofoan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Fakaofoan
form: most Fakaofoan
Etymology: From Fakaofo + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Fakaofo, an atoll in Tokelau.
Fakaofoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fakaofoans
Etymology: From Fakaofo + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Fakaofo.
Fakaofoans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fakaofoan
Tikopian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tikopian
form: most Tikopian
Etymology: From Tikopia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Tikopia, one of the Solomon Islands.
Tikopian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tikopians
Etymology: From Tikopia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Tikopia.
Tikopians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tikopian
Tuamotuan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tuamotuan
form: most Tuamotuan
Etymology: From Tuamotu + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Tuamotus, a chain of islands and atolls in French Polynesia.
Tuamotuan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tuamotuans
Etymology: From Tuamotu + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Tuamotus.
Tuamotuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tuamotu + -an.
Senses: glosses: The language of the Tuamotuan people, which has around 6,000 native speakers in French Polynesia.
Synonyms: Pa‘umotu
Paumotu
Tuamotuans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tuamotuan
Anutan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Anutan
form: most Anutan
Etymology: From Anuta + -n.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Anuta, one of the Solomon Islands.
Anutan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anutans
Etymology: From Anuta + -n.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Anuta.
Anutans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anutan
aropa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Anuta aropa, from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa (“love”). Doublet of aloha and aroha.
Senses: glosses: A social concept, among the Anutans, of affection and empathy expressed through sharing and cooperation.
Takuu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small atoll off the east coast of Papua New Guinea.
glosses: A Polynesian language spoken on this atoll.
Atafuan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Atafuan
form: most Atafuan
Etymology: From Atafu + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Outbreaks were noted on Nukunonu in 1958, 1966 and 1971, on Fakaofo in 1965 and 1977, and on Atafu in 1959, 1965–1966 and 1977. Age-specific attack rates have been estimated from reported cases and quinquennial censuses for the Atafuan outbreaks (Table 7).
ref: 1980, Ian Prior, John Stanhope, “Epidemics, health and disease in a small, isolated environment”, in World Development, volume 8, number 12, Elsevier, →ISSN, page 1007:
text: It is likewise apparent from early missionary reports of Atafu (Ella MS. 1861; Gee MS. 1862) that Fakaofo appropriated Atafu timber and Atafuan labour to make their canoes.
ref: 1994, Judith Huntsman, “Ghosts of hierarchy II: Transformations of the wider Tokelau polity”, in History and Anthropology, volume 7, numbers 1–4, Harwood Academic Publishers, →ISSN, page 325:
glosses: Of or relating to Atafu, a group of coral islets of Tokelau.
Atafuan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atafuans
Etymology: From Atafu + -an.
Senses: examples: text: The natives of Atafu having embraced Christianity, the Native Teachers there, Maka and Mafalā, arranged for a missionary voyage, to induce the inhabitants of Nukunono and Fakaofo to receive the Gospel. Two double canoes, containing 22 Atafuans, with Mafalā the Teacher, set out on this noble errand.
ref: 1863 October, William Wyatt Gill, P. Goold Bird, “Third Voyage to the Tokelau (or Union) Group of Islands”, in Missionary Magazine & Chronicle, volume 27 (N.S.), number 329 (N.S., 46), London Missionary Society, →OCLC, page 292:
text: The traditional histories of Tokelau suggest separate founding populations at each atoll, and record the subsequent hegemony of Fakaofo by driving off the "true" Atafuans and conquering the people of Nukunonu. Atafu was not resettled until about 1800.
ref: 1983, George H. Balazs, “Sea Turtles and Their Traditional Usage in Tokelau”, in Atoll Research Bulletin, volume 279, Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 6:
text: The Atafuans came to the festival with 40 songs, a repertoire that exceeded that of any other contingent, and they didn't have a chance to perform them all. Most of their subjects, were traditional: celestial navigation, ocean canoeing, fish and seabirds, ancient myths and biblical tales.
ref: 1997 September/October, Melinda Lewis-Matravers, “Dancing the Story”, in Islands, volume 17, number 5, Santa Barbara: Islands Pub. Co., →ISSN, page 99:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Atafu.
Atafuans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Atafuan
Rapan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Rapa language.
Rapa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The East Central Polynesian language of Rapa Iti, an island of French Polynesia.
Synonyms: Rapan