cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nonadequate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonadequate
form: most nonadequate
Etymology: From non- + adequate.
Senses: examples: text: Faulty interpretation linked to limitation in resolution may result from various sources, such as attributing silver grains to inadequately resolved histological structures as well as from nonadequate consideration of the scatter of the radiation energy.
ref: 1968, Raymond L. Hayes, Radioisotopes in Medicine: In Vitro Studies:
text: In an October 9, 1979 report Dr. Kattah stated that the cause of multiple sclerosis was unknown, that the course of an individual patient was unpredictable, and that "factors related with stress, poor hygiene and in general nonadequate health environment may result in exacerbation of the disease.”
ref: 1983, United States. Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, Digest and Decisions of the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, page 607:
text: While unmarried black mothers are 1.51 times more likely to receive nonadequate prenatal care than married black mothers, unmarried white mothers are more than 3 times more likely to receive nonadequate prenatal care than married white mothers.
ref: 1993, Melissa R. Partin, Explaining Race Differences in Infant Mortality in the United States, page 221:
text: For example, if passing an adequate student is less important than failing a nonadequate student, then Q should be set at less than 1.
ref: 1995, “Some Technical Aspects of Standard Setting”, in Huynh Huynh, editor, Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Standard Setting for Large-scale Assessments, page 76:
text: I can give you examples of adequate and nonadequate languages. For example, to use quantum mechanics in biology is not an adequate language, but to use mathematics in studying gene sequences is an adequate language.
ref: 2012, Clara L. Aldana, Analysis, Geometry and Quantum Field Theory, page 148:
glosses: Not adequate; inadequate.
solitary wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solitary waves
Etymology: From solitary + wave.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A self-reinforcing pulse or travelling wave caused by any non-linear effect (found in many physical systems).
Hyponyms: soliton
solitary waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solitary wave
-pede
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of -ped.
polywork
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polyworks
form: polyworking
form: polyworked
form: polyworked
Etymology: From poly- + work.
Senses: examples: text: Have you been polyworking, by any chance?
ref: 2021 December 13, “Polyworking and Zoombies: welcome to the new home office jargon”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2023:
text: Those who work remote are most likely to polywork (81%) followed by those who work hybrid (79%).
ref: 2023 March 12, Tracy Brower, “Working Multiple Jobs: 5 Considerations For The Promise And Peril Of Polywork”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2023:
text: Around half of the respondents said they plan to polywork indefinitely—and the older respondents were, the more likely they were to see juggling jobs as a long-term solution as opposed to a means to an end.
ref: 2023 March 20, Orianna Rosa Royle, “Gen Zers are now 'polyworking' because holding down just one job doesn't pay enough or give them the flexibility they want”, in Fortune, New York, N.Y.: Fortune Media Group Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2023:
glosses: To work multiple jobs simultaneously.
Derived terms: polyworker
Related terms: overemployed
polyworks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of polywork
polyworking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of polywork
polyworked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polywork
polyworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyworkers
Etymology: From poly- + worker or polywork + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Lately, it's been given a branding makeover: polyworking. In short, polyworkers don't aspire to a single job in their field. Usually, they aim for differing but often complementary professions.
ref: 2022 February 14, Stephen Moore, “Side hustle and 'polywork' culture is really just a desperate reflection of a low-paying job market”, in Business Insider, New York, N.Y.: Insider Inc., →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2024:
text: In the survey, when polyworkers were compared to those working only one job, they were more likely to feel burned out and stressed.
ref: 2023 March 12, Tracy Brower, “Working Multiple Jobs: 5 Considerations For The Promise And Peril Of Polywork”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2023:
text: Overall, flexibility, additional income, and freedom were the biggest benefits cited among polyworkers.
ref: 2023 March 20, Orianna Rosa Royle, “Gen Zers are now 'polyworking' because holding down just one job doesn't pay enough or give them the flexibility they want”, in Fortune, New York, N.Y.: Fortune Media Group Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2023:
text: Another polyworker, Pedro, 33, who also chose to remain anonymous for fear of potential repercussions, is employed by a union and also works as a video editor. Both are part-time jobs with fixed schedules, but he is only a registered worker in his union job — a fact that even he seems to forget as he sometimes corrects himself after calling his video editor job "a freelance gig."
ref: 2023 September 2, Facundo Iglesia, “Argentina's growing 'polyworker' scene: they already outnumber the unemployed”, in Buenos Aires Herald, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2023:
glosses: Someone who polyworks, or works multiple jobs simultaneously.
Related terms: overemployed
polyworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyworker
grillmistress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grillmistresses
Etymology: From grill + mistress.
Senses: examples: text: “Grilling is intrinsically healthy and really keeps those calories in check,” says grillmistress Elizabeth Karmel.
ref: 2010 July 24, Don Kaplan, “Fighting fire with fire”, in New York Post:
glosses: A female grillmaster.
grillmistresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grillmistress
mouth-puckeringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mouth-puckeringly
form: most mouth-puckeringly
form: mouthpuckeringly
Etymology: From mouth-puckering + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: But it is the beer's mouthpuckeringly sour body that helps separate it from tamer summer seasonals.
ref: 2010, Andy Crouch, Great American Craft Beer: A Guide to the Nation's Finest Beers and Breweries, Philadelphia, P.A.: Running Press, →ISBN, page 84:
text: It's a mouth-puckeringly tart movie that's tonally in a world of its own – darkly disturbing, absurd, brutal and silly, with a batsqueak of bonkers.
ref: 2019 November 21, Cath Clarke, “Judy & Punch review – brutal and brilliantly bizarre #MeToo fairytale”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2022:
glosses: So as to cause someone's mouth to pucker (become squeezed together).
Related terms: acidly
sourly
tartly
mouthpuckeringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mouthpuckeringly
form: most mouthpuckeringly
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mouth-puckeringly.
disk wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disk wheels
Senses: qualifier: gears
glosses: A disk consisting of a spiral on its flat face which engages with a worm wheel.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A wheel consisting of a solid convex or concave surface extending from its hub to rim.
disk wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disk wheel
sprocket wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sprocket wheels
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: sprocket
qualifier: light industry; heavy industry; light industry; heavy industry
glosses: A wheel consisting of cogs (teeth) that interacts with the links of a chain, pitched blocks on a cable, or cogs of a belt.
zombie star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zombie stars
Etymology: From zombie + star.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A hypothetical remnant star left behind by a type Iax supernova, which only partially dispersed the progenitor star.
sprocket wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sprocket wheel
zombie stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zombie star
cold duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cold Duck
Etymology: Calque of German kalte Ente, from kalten Ende (“cold end”). Attested in English from the 1960s, see quotations below.
Senses: examples: text: I would like to give Cold Duck a special mention because it was discovered by me personally—along with some two million Detroiters who at that time were the only Americans who’d ever heard of or enjoyed it.
ref: 1966, Wines and Vines, volume 47, page 43:
text: Many young or new to the industry at last week’s party may have wondered what it was all about — the Beatles songs, the bright-eyed dancers, the re-introduction of a sparkling red wine called Cold Duck.
ref: 1997 June 22, Michale Brett, “Montana celebrations with Beatles and Cold Duck”, in Sunday Star-Times, Wellington, New Zealand, page E 10:
text: “My family drank cold duck every Thanksgiving and, being a kid, I loved it. It was so sweet, so cheap, the kind of thing a kid could love,” she said.
ref: 2004 December 1, Virginie Boone, quoting Karen MacNeil, “Celebrate red: beyond the horror that was cold duck”, in Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, page D1:
text: Thank you, Rosie, I now have a lovely image of your husband arriving at the Pearly Gates, with his swinging Safari Suit tucked under one arm, and a bottle of Cold Duck under the other, asking where the Fondue Party is.
ref: 2023 June 24, “Many of you wrote to me with your own tales of domestic crimes”, in The Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania, page 4:
glosses: A sparkling red wine, often made by blending champagne with red wine, sometimes with additional flavorings added.
open wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of open-wheel.
open-wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: open wheel
Senses: topics: automotive
hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
transport
vehicles
glosses: Of a vehicle: having the wheels outside the vehicle's main body, and usually having only one seat.
anti-endorsement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-endorsements
Etymology: From anti- + endorsement.
Senses: examples: text: While Sanders has employed the anti-endorsement in its barest form, he is far from alone, of course.
ref: 2019 October 7, Arthur C. Brooks, “What’s the deal with the anti-endorsement?”, in The Washington Post:
text: “In fact, my team tells me your commercial should add another 10 points to our lead! I guess that’s why they call the Cheney anti-endorsement the gift that keeps on giving,” Lake said.
ref: 2022 October 28, Jared Gans, “Kari Lake thanks Liz Cheney for ‘anti-endorsement’”, in The Hill:
glosses: An expression of disapproval for a particular individual or idea.
anti-endorsements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-endorsement
satisfactually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more satisfactually
form: most satisfactually
Etymology: Possibly from satisfactual + -ly, although satisfactual is attested significantly later and in different contexts. Alternatively, a nonstandard variant of satisfactorily, especially in non-native speakers' English.
Senses: examples: text: My Anſwer is, that tho' the true God cannot be worſhipped nor known to the Satisfaction of the Soul, under the higheſt reaſonable Ructitude or Sanctification, till the aforeſaid time is commenced; yet there is a new Heart provided, by which the true God is as clearly ſeen, and as ſatisfactually underſtood, and as truly worſhipped as he will be at the Reſtitution of all Things.
ref: 1727, The True Key to the Bible, Which Is the Mediator, London: [s.n.], page 15:
text: He sets the figurine down, clasps his hand to his breast and smiles satisfactually.
ref: 1952 December, Alice Whitson Norton, “Christmas Eve In A Toy Shop”, in American Childhood, volume 38, number 4, Springfield, M.A.: Milton Bradley Company, page 28:
text: Having said this, I have to return now to what is the sort of proposal or the wager implicit in my paper, which is that even if one accepts that during this period (roughly from about 1790 to 1850) the defining forms through which we come to know the art of our own century become fixed and established in all their contradictory plurality, then how is it that we can satisfactually start to analyse them and to see how our historical knowledge of them might be important for present day practice?
ref: 1998, Stopping the Process? Contemporary Views on Art and Exhibitions, Helsinki: Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, →ISBN, page 83:
text: A complex decision tree analysis led to the development of the score and initial validation at development found the score predicted mortality satisfactually when used as an aggregate score and not calculating absolute mortality risk.
ref: 2018 May, Tara E. Holm Atkins, Malin C. Öhman, Mikkel Brabrand, “External validation of a decision tree early warning score using only laboratory data: A retrospective review of prospectively collected data”, in European Journal of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 1:
glosses: In a way that involves satisfaction or makes someone satisfied; satisfactorily, satisfiedly.
the wheel has come full circle
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Referring to something that has changed greatly and has now reverted to its original state or position; the emblem of mutability.
Related terms: come full circle
everything old is new again
buffing wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffing wheels
Senses: synonyms: buff wheel
glosses: A wheel covered with material such as lamb's wool or leather, and used for polishing and shining.
buffing wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffing wheel
buff wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buff wheels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of buffing wheel.
synonyms: word: buffing wheel
buff wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buff wheel
wheel breadth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheel breadths
Senses: glosses: The distance across the barrel of the wheel, measured from one bead seat to the other.
bead seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bead seats
Senses: glosses: The position where the tire rests and seals on the inside of the rim.
bead seats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bead seat
wheel breadths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel breadth
back wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back wheels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rear wheel.
synonyms: word: rear wheel
back wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back wheel
dog wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dog wheels
Senses: glosses: A type of wheel that is rotated by the power or force of a dog.
glosses: Synonym of ratchet wheel.
synonyms: word: ratchet wheel
dog wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog wheel
supercontroversial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + controversial.
Senses: examples: text: There's something supercute — and supercontroversial — about a baby's naked bottom, as North Carolina mom Jill White recently learned.
ref: 2014 July 7, Leah Rocketto, “Should This Mom's Photo Be Banned From Facebook?”, in POPSUGAR:
text: This supercontroversial comedy series is back for a second season, continuing the story of formerly overweight teen Patty (played by Debby Ryan) and her disgraced civil lawyer turned beauty pageant coach (played by Dallas Roberts) as they battle their inner demons and try to escape their past (which now requires covering up a murder).
ref: 2019 October 19, Corinne Sullivan, “These 25 New and Returning TV Shows Coming to Netflix in October Look Scary Good”, in POPSUGAR:
glosses: Synonym of ultracontroversial.
synonyms: word: ultracontroversial
Turing equivalent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Capable of computing precisely the same set of functions as a Turing machine can compute.
raw_tags: of a computing system
Turing instability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The property of a nonlinear reaction-diffusion system in which a steady state that is stable in the corresponding nonspatial system is able to, under certain parameter constraints, become unstable in the spatial system containing a particular wavelength.
Related terms: Turing pattern
P'ing-lu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pinglu.
forecaution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fɔːrˈkɔːʃən/
Forms: form: forecautions
Etymology: From fore- + caution. First attested in 1662.
Senses: examples: text: Again, on the contrary, however much forecaution may have been taken in preparing the patient for an operation, some general disturbance follows, […]
ref: 1882, Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Reports, Smith, Elder & Co., page 405:
text: […] that as nature had not given intelligence to these creatures, they cannot have the means of taking counsel together, of exercising forethought or forecaution, nor of learning any thing, […]
ref: 1845, David Badham, Insect Life, William Blackwood and Sons, page 101:
text: They had at their disposal all the terrible enginery of secret murder, against which no human forecaution can effectually guard.
ref: 1881, Frank Leslie, Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, page 644:
glosses: Caution in advance; precaution.
examples: text: […] to cure from the latter or effect, by a forecaution and prevention of its increaſe?
ref: 1662, Jan Baptist van Helmont, Oriatrike, Or, Phyſick Refined, the Common Errors Therein Refuted, and the Whole Art Reformed & Rectified, page 394:
text: […] the result is worse, and serious breakage has occurred before the job was finished, due to settling of legs because no forecaution was taken to prevent it.
ref: 1904, The Metal Worker, Plumber, and Steam Fitter, page 50:
glosses: A measure taken in advance to disallow misfortune; a precaution.
forecaution
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /fɔːrˈkɔːʃən/
Forms: form: forecautions
form: forecautioning
form: forecautioned
form: forecautioned
Etymology: From fore- + caution. First attested in 1662.
Senses: examples: text: By Solomon, the Holy Spirit hath shewn and forecautioned us, saying, "And though they suffered torments in the sight of men, their hope is full of immortality. […]"
ref: 1839, Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus, The Treatises of Caecilius Cyprianus, page 298:
glosses: To warn or caution in advance.
forecautions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forecaution
serving spoonful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serving spoonfuls
form: serving spoonsful
form: serving-spoonful
form: servingspoonful
Etymology: From serving spoon + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: When very hot, but not smoking, drop serving spoonsful of the batter into the hot oil and flatten to make 4-inch rounds; […]
ref: 1984, Vilma Liacouras Chantiles, The New York Ethnic Food Market Guide & Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →ISBN, page 355:
text: Depending on the size of your pan, pour one or several serving spoonsful of batter into the pan and cook until bubbles start breaking on the uncooked side, but the batter is still wet.
ref: 1997, Madeleine Kamman, The New Making of a Cook: The Art, Techniques, and Science of Good Cooking, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 1027:
text: Pour 3–4 serving spoonfuls of dressing over each wedge and garnish with a tablespoon of crumbled blue cheese, or Roquefort if you used it in the salad dressing.
ref: 2017, John Tesar, Jordan Mackay, Knife: Texas Steakhouse Meals at Home, New York, N.Y.: Flatiron Books, →ISBN, page 201:
glosses: The amount that a serving spoon will hold.
serving spoonfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serving spoonful
serving spoonsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serving spoonful
serving-spoonfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serving-spoonful
serving-spoonsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serving-spoonful
subportion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subportions
Etymology: From sub- + portion.
Senses: glosses: A lesser portion; part of a portion.
subportions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subportion
5head
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more 5head
form: most 5head
Etymology: Wordplay on forehead. From the name of a custom emoticon on live-streaming service Twitch, depicting a man with an oversized cranium.
Senses: examples: text: This is probably a 5head approach, but I think setting 2-3 lines is useful since the engines don't always choose the best line FOR HUMANS.
ref: 2020 June 6, visioner, “Premium Membership - engine analysis”, in old.chesstempo.com:
text: How the Mauser C96 from 1896 is in a game set in 1895 is already beyond 5head.
ref: 2023 September 14, Kayneth, “Update dolch”, in steamcommunity.com:
glosses: Very intelligent; genius
Related terms: fivehead
big brain
galaxy-brain
4D chess
Nüshu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈnʊʃuː/
/ˈnjuːʃuː/
Forms: form: Nushu
form: Nyushu
form: Nü Shu
form: Nu Shu
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 女書 /女书 (Nǚshū, literally “women's script”).
Senses: glosses: A syllabic script which was used exclusively among the ethnic Yao women of Jiangyong, Hunan, China, from the 9th century, used to write the Xiangnan Tuhua lect of Chinese, which mostly fell out of use during the 20th century.
Nushu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Nüshu.
transactional memory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Since mutating state exposes those components to all the problems of concurrency, it is common practice to use some kind of transactional memory to protect the mutable variables from concurrent updates […]
ref: 2017, Robert C. Martin, Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design, Prentice Hall, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A concurrency control mechanism analogous to database transactions for controlling access to shared memory.
Aladdin cave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aladdin caves
Senses: examples: text: The unconscious sends all sorts of vapors, odd beings, terrors, and deluding images up into the mind - whether in dream, broad daylight, or insanity; for the human kingdom, beneath the floor of the comparatively neat little dwelling that we call our consciousness, goes down into unsuspected Aladdin caves.
ref: 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 8:
glosses: Alternative form of Aladdin's cave.
Aladdin caves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aladdin cave
Gates of Hercules
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Gates of Hercules
Senses: examples: text: The bold little ships even broke through the Gates of Hercules to the open ocean, coasting then northward to take the gold of Ireland and the tin of Cornwall, as well as southward, around the bulge of Senegal, to remote Yorubaland and the distant marts of ivory, gold, and slaves.
ref: 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 14:
glosses: Two rocky eminences on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar.
circusful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circusfuls
Etymology: From circus + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Enough to fill a circus.
circusfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circusful
MWA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Modern Written Arabic.
glosses: Initialism of Modern Woodmen of America.
glosses: Initialism of Married Women's Association.
glosses: Initialism of Murchison Widefield Array.
glosses: Initialism of Muslim Women's Association.
glosses: Initialism of Mystery Writers of America.
glosses: Initialism of Mandatory Work Activity (“a workfare programme”).
LYBUNT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LYBUNTs
Etymology: From initial letters of "last year but unfortunately not this".
Senses: coordinate_terms: SYBUNT
glosses: A person who donated money in the previous year but not in the current year.
SYBUNT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SYBUNTs
Etymology: From initial letters of "some year but unfortunately not this".
Senses: coordinate_terms: LYBUNT
glosses: A person who donated money in some previous year but not in the current year.
LYBUNTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LYBUNT
SYBUNTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SYBUNT
Polton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban village in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2964).
tutorialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tutorializes
form: tutorializing
form: tutorialized
form: tutorialized
Etymology: From tutorial + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: […] tutorialize something—the player gets knocked down and then the villain says, “Next time you should DODGE when I PUNCH you.”
ref: 2019, Eddie Paterson, Timothy Williams, Will Cordner, Once Upon a Pixel: Storytelling and Worldbuilding in Video Games, page 8:
glosses: To adapt into a tutorial.
Related terms: tutorialization
tutorialization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of tutorializing.
tutorializes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tutorialize
tutorializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tutorialize
tutorialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tutorialize
in a spin
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Confused, flustered.
Trabboch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4321).
co-counsel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-counsels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cocounsel.
million million
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Synonym of trillion (sense 1)
synonyms: word: trillion
extra: sense 1
tally-women
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tally-woman
butch-queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butch-queens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of butch queen.
butch-queens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butch-queen
merit-based
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Last week, when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected as “condescending” President Trump’s proposal for a more merit-based immigration policy, she provided a metaphor not just for the shattered condition of Washington’s governance of immigration, but also for the Democratic Party’s ideologically rigid disavowal of all principles of immigration constraint.
ref: 2019 May 20, Jerry Kammer, “Pelosi's Anti-Merit Metaphor for Governance”, in Center for Immigration Studies:
topics: education
coordinate_terms: need-based
glosses: Derived from one's academic or extracurricular achievements rather than one's financial need.
queen regent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queen regents
form: queens regent
form: queens regents
Senses: glosses: A queen ruling on behalf of another or as temporary royal governance.
queen regents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queen regent
doubling time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doubling times
Senses: glosses: The amount of time required for a population to double in size or value.
doubling times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doubling time
have a thin time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has a thin time of it
form: having a thin time of it
form: had a thin time of it
form: had a thin time of it
Senses: glosses: To be in a difficult or precarious situation due to one not having enough money.
time-beguiling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That passes quickly or causes time to pass quickly.
time-bandwidth product
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time-bandwidth products
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The product of the temporal duration and spectral width of a given light pulse.
there is a place and time for everything
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of there is a time and place for everything.
there's a time and place for everything
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of there is a time and place for everything.
there's a place and time for everything
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of there is a time and place for everything.
specialty shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of specialty shop
gun shows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gun show
final setting time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: final setting times
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
coordinate_terms: initial setting time
glosses: Of concrete, the time elapsed between the moment that water is added to the cement, and the moment when the paste has completely lost its plasticity.
one-line skies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one-line sky
hipsterlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hipsterlike
form: most hipsterlike
Etymology: From hipster + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Althoff’s more hipsterlike theatrics frame the beguiling innocence embedded in his work.
ref: 2011 January 26, Linda Yablonsky, “Kai Althoff’s Crash Pad”, in The New York Times Style Magazine, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2024:
text: In fact, the most hipsterlike thing about Goldsmith is that his beard predates beards becoming de rigueur. Yet his seasoned maturity almost cost him the gig.
ref: 2016 March 10, Phil Rosenthal, “Who’s really interested in the second Most Interesting Man, Dos Equis?”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a hipster.
Trojan horsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Trojan horse
Trojan horsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Trojan horse
Trojan-horses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Trojan-horse
Trojan-horsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Trojan-horse
Trojan-horsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Trojan-horse
smokeplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smokeplates
Etymology: From smoke + plate.
Senses: examples: text: An unusual mishap on the Deeside line is described by Mr. C. J. Bowller. He writes that as the Class "B12" 4-6-0 No.1552 was entering Banchory Station on August 27, one of the smokeplates of the footbridge became detached, and struck the boiler of the engine, damaging the safety valves, and the roof of the cab.
ref: 1951 October, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: Scottish Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 715:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A plate fitted to the underside of a footbridge deck to deflect the smoke from a steam locomotive passing underneath.
wakelock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wakelocks
form: wake lock
Etymology: From wake + lock.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A lock that can be acquired by software for the purpose of preventing the mobile device from going into a locked standby state during a particular operation.
wake lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wake locks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wakelock.
wakelocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wakelock
wake locks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wake lock
NLOG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NLOGs
Etymology: Initialism of not like (the) other girls.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pick-me girl.
synonyms: word: pick-me girl
NLOGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NLOG
SNUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SNU
SNY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SNYs
Senses: synonyms: SNU
glosses: Initialism of sensitive needs yard (“part of a prison for prisoners who cannot safely be housed with the general population”).
SNYs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SNY
smokeplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smokeplate
silicon disk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicon disks
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of RAM disk.
synonyms: word: RAM disk
silicon disks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silicon disk
reservoir computer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reservoir computers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A reservoir computing system.
reservoir computers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reservoir computer
echo state network
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echo state networks
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: ESN
glosses: A type of reservoir computer that uses a recurrent neural network with a sparsely connected hidden layer. The weights of output neurons can be learned so that the network can produce or reproduce specific temporal patterns.
echo state networks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echo state network
migans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of migan
Woodlark cuscus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Woodlark cuscuses
Senses: glosses: Phalanger lullulae, a marsupial endemic to Papua New Guinea, specifically on Madau and Woodlark Island.
Woodlark cuscuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Woodlark cuscus
migmatizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of migmatization
Mikados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mikado
milligees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milligee
millikaysers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millikayser
Woodlark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Muyua
glosses: An island of Papua New Guinea.
Derived terms: Woodlark cuscus
mineralizates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mineralizate
minerocorticoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minerocorticoid
Muyua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Woodlark (“island of Papua New Guinea”).
synonyms: word: Woodlark
extra: island of Papua New Guinea
mipits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mipit
misaccumulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misaccumulation
misacylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misacylation
misappliances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misappliance
misconformations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misconformation
misdifferentiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misdifferentiation
mistints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mistint
mistints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mistint
mitochondrial megachannels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mitochondrial megachannel
misquantifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misquantification
mitoDNAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mitoDNA
mitoxosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mitoxosome
moabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moab
mobiliomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mobiliome
model dairies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of model dairy
modRNAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modRNA
moirocausts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moirocaust
molarisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of molarisation
mollyguards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mollyguard
molybdenyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of molybdenyl
mompetitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mompetition
monitorisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monitorisation
Naziphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Nazi + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Accusing a gay person of heterophobia is like accusing a Jew of Naziphobia.
ref: 2008 January 20, "Chief Thracian" (username), "Re: Under Attack", in alt.religion.shamanism and other newsgroups, Usenet
text: What if someone told you that you had a Naziphobia? Does it make you question your dislike of Nazis? Does it make you think that you should not fear an entire group of people who believe something evil because you should not have a phobia? The truth is, it is not a phobia. It is rational to be afraid of the Nazis. Yet, people will apply phobia to the end of any group to make you feel guilty for being afraid of them.
ref: 2019, Mitchell White, A Man of High Character:
text: […] Naziphobia balanced by Anglophilia.
ref: 2022, Bernard F. Dick, The Star-Spangled Screen: The American World War II Film, page 68:
glosses: A fear or dislike of Nazis.
Related terms: Naziphobe
monoaminylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monoaminylation
monoassociations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monoassociation
monoculturists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monoculturist
monodecanoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monodecanoate
monodeiodinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monodeiodination
monoepoxidations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monoepoxidation
mistinting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mistint
mistinted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mistint
Mount Forbes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain in the Canadian Rockies.
dog's sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dogsleep.
dog-sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dogsleep.
Naziphobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Naziphobes
Etymology: From Nazi + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: 2011, Ira Levin, 'The Boys From Brazil
But obviously they ignored him. What else would they do? — an old Naziphobe like him coming to them with a story that must sound insane when he can't give the reason behind it.
text: There's a hand groping around on my thigh in the murk. Thank God the Naziphobe has both elbows on the bar.
ref: 2015, Jonathan Wesley Bell, i dog (page 43)
antonyms: Naziphile
glosses: A person who fear or dislikes the Nazis or Nazism.
Related terms: Naziphobia
Naziphobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Naziphobe
Woleai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oleai
Senses: glosses: A coral atoll of 22 islands in the western Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Federated States of Micronesia.
Derived terms: Woleaian
Oleai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Woleai.
spider mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spider mills
Senses: glosses: A kind of windmill with jib sails.
spider mills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spider mill
milk roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milk rolls
Senses: glosses: A soft, round bread roll made with white flour and with milk instead of water, traditionally associated with the town of Blackpool in Lancashire, England.
milk rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milk roll
militocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more militocratic
form: most militocratic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to militocracy.
militocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: militocrats
Senses: glosses: A member or supporter of a militocracy.
militocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of militocrat
plimsoled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of plimsolled.
amocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amock
snicker licker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snicker lickers
Senses: glosses: A martini made with vodka, Irish cream, and crème de cacao.
snicker lickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snicker licker
vegetable food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vegetable foods
Senses: glosses: Any type of food consisting of or prepared from vegetables.
glosses: Plant food.
vegetable egg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The edible, egg-shaped fruit of the Pouteria sapota.
brother's wives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brother's wife
vegetable shortening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vegetable shortenings
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A type of vegetable fat used in cooking as an alternative to butter or other animal fats.
vegetable dye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vegetable dyes
Senses: glosses: Any type of dye extracted or produced from plants.
vegetable-based
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Based on vegetables; especially, of a diet, consisting mostly or wholly of foods derived from vegetables.
glosses: Made from vegetables other than the traditional source.
old guardism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From old guard + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Support for the old guard; a conservative, reactionary position or policy.
old guardist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old guardists
Etymology: From old guard + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of the old guard; a person of conservative, reactionary views.
old guardists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of old guardist
wash-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wash-up
wash-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wash-off
roseleaf bramble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roseleaf brambles
Senses: synonyms: Mauritius raspberry
thimbleberry
Vanuatu raspberry
bramble of the Cape
glosses: Any plant of species Rubus rosifolius, native to the Himalayas, eastern Asia, and eastern Australia.
roseleaf raspberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roseleaf raspberries
Senses: glosses: The plant Rubus coronarius.
buffonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buffonizes
form: buffonizing
form: buffonized
form: buffonized
Etymology: buffoon + -ize
Senses: glosses: To act as a buffoon.
primrose willows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primrose willow
sticky willies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sticky willy
vegitable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of vegetable.
vegetable foods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vegetable food
vegetable dyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vegetable dye
plant foods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plant food
vegetable shortenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vegetable shortening
man-handled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of man-handle
on the critical list
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Mike's nose sounds as if it's on the critical list.
ref: 1985, John Milward, Ilene Cherna, The Beach Boys Silver Anniversary, page 101:
glosses: In a bad way; likely to die or fail.
peg-and-socket joints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peg-and-socket joint
speed-run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speed-runs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of speedrun.
queens regent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queen regent
queens regents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queen regent
Buffon's needle problem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: mathematics
probability-theory
sciences
glosses: An experiment that determines the probability that a needle, when dropped, will lie across a line between two parallel strips of wood, each of the same width; often used to estimate π.
Buffon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
barrow crossing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrow crossings
Senses: examples: text: As the ends of the up and down platforms are not opposite each other, it is not possible to provide the ordinary type of barrow crossing, and the full churns were too heavy to be man-handled up and down the stairs of the footbridge.
ref: 1951 October, “The Why and the Wherefore: Milk Platform at Beccles”, in Railway Magazine, page 717:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A type of crossing found mainly in railway stations which allows passengers the opportunity to cross between platforms.
barrow crossings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barrow crossing
final setting times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of final setting time