cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
elt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛlt
Forms: form: elts
form: elting
form: elted
form: elted
Etymology: From Middle English elten (“to mold, knead, work”), from Old Norse elta (“to chase, hunt, knead”), from Proto-Germanic *alatjaną (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“to drive, move, go”). Cognate with Danish ælte (“to knead”), Swedish älta (“to dwell upon, brood, stir, knead”), Norwegian elte (“to knead”), Norwegian elta (“to pursue, plod”), Icelandic elta (“to chase”).
Senses: examples: text: Du's eltin dat creature to death, boy!?
translation: Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), Dictionary of the Scot Language
english: Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), Dictionary of the Scot Language
glosses: To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.
examples: text: Whin shü cam oot an fann me dere Wi peenie fairlins eltit.
translation: Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 22, Dictionary of the Scot Language
english: Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 22, Dictionary of the Scot Language
text: Mi böts ir a' eltit wi' glaar.
translation: Sh.11 1950, Dictionary of the Scot Language
english: Sh.11 1950, Dictionary of the Scot Language
text: He was elt(er)ed wi' gutters fae head to foot.
translation: Cai.3 1950, Dictionary of the Scot Language
english: Cai.3 1950, Dictionary of the Scot Language
glosses: To begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
glosses: To work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
glosses: To meddle; interfere.
glosses: To knead dough; stir dough previously kneaded to a proper consistency before baking.
glosses: To become soft; become moist, as damp earth.
elt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛlt
Forms: form: elts
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of element.
fussings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfʌsɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of fussing
hallucinatorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hallucinatorily
form: most hallucinatorily
Etymology: From hallucinatory + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a hallucinatory fashion.
prooven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The influence of the polymer on the application must be understood, established and continuously prooven!
ref: 2007, Rapra Technology, Pharmaceutical Polymers (Science), iSmithers, →ISBN, page 63:
text: … and he can proove it was done accidently he shall not pay, if it can be prooven, that he did it intentionally he shall pay the owner.
ref: 2009, David Eugene Wilkins, quoting Law 17, Documents of Native American Political Development, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 53:
text: Which has some base to solidfy our theory which is not been prooven yet.
ref: 2010, Amit Gupta, Resurrection of Tutankhamun (Sci-Fi), Glory Graphics, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: past participle of proove
pelicanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pelicanists
Etymology: From pelican + -ist. Coined by Jerome Clark in reference to claims that Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 UFO sighting was pelicans.
Senses: examples: text: Kottmeyer and others who use the psychosocial hypothesis constantly produce evidence to support their ideas, whereas the ETH proponents can produce only cranky ideas about magnetic, anti-gravity or interdimensional saucers, accompanied by a constant whining about "sceptics" and "debunkers" (not to mention "armchair ufologists" and "pelicanists").
ref: 2000 November 22, “Blue Resonant Human” (username), “::: Should Saucers Spin? :::”, in alt.alien.research, Usenet
text: Meanwhile, those of us who’ve experienced UFOs in various ways are called mentally ill, intellectually challenged, spiritually needy, liars, drunks, drug users, attention getters, drama queens, and more. Those all are worse than being called a thug, skeptibunkie, or Pelicanist. (Pelicanist is a term coined by UFO researcher Jerome Clark.)
ref: 2006 September 12, “LordOfThyNight” (username), “The Usual Purple Tinged Hyperbole About UFOs”, in The Paranormal & Ghost Society, Usenet
text: As opposed to... Skepticism of the pelicanist flavor perhaps ?
ref: 2009 November 29, “Tom Booth” (username), “For Serena,”, in alt.fan.landmark, Usenet
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
ufology
glosses: Someone who attempts to explain away UFO reports by means of any explanation, however illogical.
wikipedia: Jerome Clark
Synonyms: skeptibunkie
Related terms: swamp gas
weather balloon
interweavings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interweaving
ginglymoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ginglymoid
form: most ginglymoid
form: ginglymoidal
form: ginglymoideal
form: ginglimoid
Etymology: From ginglymus + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: ginglymoid articulation
text: ginglymoid pivot
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: hinged
raw_tags: of a joint
apparitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apparitor
paritors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paritor
Lazarite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lazarites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lazarist.
Lazarites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lazarite
emblemed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From emblem + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Marked with an emblem.
stereometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: stereometrical
Etymology: Compare French stéréométrique.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to stereometry; performed or obtained by stereometry
Derived terms: radiostereometric
Related terms: stereometrically
stereometrics
dominicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dominical
eupatorine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Eupatorium + -ine
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound extracted from various species of Eupatorium.
acocil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acociles
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish acocil, from a Nahuan language (cf. Classical Nahuatl ācōcīlin).
Senses: glosses: A kind of crayfish (Cambarellus montezumae).
Abbevilean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Abbevillian.
Abbevilean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Abbevillian.
impolarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From im- + polary + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: being impolarily adjoined unto a more vigorous loadstone , it will in a short time exchange its poles
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Not according to or in the direction of the poles.
superviving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of supervive
supervived
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of supervive
scirrhous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scirrhus + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: scirrhous affections
text: scirrhous disease
text: If true—no Mr Moore can cure it—& the Alarm would be given, how Mrs Piozzi has a Schirrhous Tumour & cannot live long […].
ref: 1800 August 20, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Proceeding from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus.
Derived terms: schirrosity
sulphinide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphinides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sulfinide.
sulphinides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphinide
Lycra louts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lycra lout
logographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more logographical
form: most logographical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of logographic.
lawn sleeves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lawn-sleeves
Etymology: From the sleeves of the bishops' robes, which were made of lawn (“fine linen”).
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lawn, sleeves.
examples: text: The LORD CHANCELLOR declared, that in his opinion, a bishop might vote either in his lawn sleeves, or in his robes ; and in proof of it, his Lordship said he hasd more than once seen Bishops vote in a Committee of Privileges without their lawn sleeves.
ref: 1800, “House of Lords, Wedneday, July 23”, in The Parliamentary Register, volume 12, page 481:
glosses: The sleeves of a bishop's ceremonial garments.
examples: text: I shall implore the aid of the lawn sleeves and ermine on that occasion.
ref: 1777, “Debate on Lord C------n's motion more amending the address”, in John Nichols, editor, The Gentleman's magazine, volume 47, E. Cave, page 606:
text: “In the House of Lords, most likely. I rather think of bein there to-morrow night, and shal look sharpish after the lawn sleeves, you ma depend on’t."
ref: 1845, James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, editors, Fraser's Magazine, volume 32, J. Fraser:
glosses: The bishops of the Anglican or Roman Catholic churches.
lepidote
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛpɪdoʊt/
ipa: /ˈlɛpɪdəʊt/
Forms: form: more lepidote
form: most lepidote
Etymology: From New Latin lepidōtus (“covered with scales”), from Ancient Greek λεπιδωτός (lepidōtós, “covered with scales”), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale, flake, shell, husk”). By surface analysis, lepido- + -ote.
Senses: examples: text: The leaves of the oleaster are lepidote.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Covered with scurfy scales.
Synonyms: word: leprose
raw_tags: of lichens
english: arch.
translation: arch.
word: leprous
Derived terms: alepidote
lepidote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛpɪdoʊt/
ipa: /ˈlɛpɪdəʊt/
Forms: form: lepidotes
Etymology: From New Latin lepidōtus (“covered with scales”), from Ancient Greek λεπιδωτός (lepidōtós, “covered with scales”), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale, flake, shell, husk”). By surface analysis, lepido- + -ote.
Senses: examples: text: Oleaster is a lepidote.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A lepidote plant, any plant with a coat of scurfy scales.
lawn-sleeves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lawn sleeves.
shoder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoders
Senses: glosses: A package of gold-beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating.
shoders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoder
stalactitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stalactitical
form: most stalactitical
Etymology: From stalactite + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stalactitic.
Tall White
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tall Whites
Senses: examples: text: All of the Tall White scout craft were very high performance vehicles.
ref: 2007, Charles James Hall, Millennial Hospitality IV: After Hours, AuthorHouse, page 322:
text: No one is sure when the Tall Whites arrived on earth, some saying in the Pre-Columbian period […]
ref: 2007, Gregory L. Reece, UFO religion: inside flying saucer cults and culture, I. B. Tauris, page 76:
text: However, in the years that followed, such descriptions became so common that this type of alien became known as the Tall White.
ref: 2011, Stuart A. Kallen, Aliens, ReferencePoint Press, page 26:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
ufology
glosses: A member of a certain race of extraterrestrials
Related terms: Pleiadean
Nordic
grifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grif
nephelines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nepheline
Kafkian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kafkian
form: most Kafkian
form: Kafkaian
form: Kafkan
Etymology: From Kafka + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Franz Kafka (1883–1924), German-language author of novels and short stories.
Related terms: Kafkaesque
Kafkaian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kafkaian
form: most Kafkaian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kafkian.
stithies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stithy
stithies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stithy
stith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /stɪθ/
Forms: form: stiths
Etymology: From Middle English stith, from Old Norse steði. Compare stithy.
Senses: examples: text: strike on the stith while the iron was hot
ref: 1584, Robert Greene, the Card of Fancy:
glosses: An anvil; a stithy.
stith
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /stɪθ/
Forms: form: more stith
form: most stith
Etymology: From Middle English stith (“steady, strong, cruel”), from Old English stīþ (“hard, cruel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stinþ, from Proto-Germanic *stinþaz. Compare also Old Frisian stīth, Middle Low German stīde, Middle Dutch stīde, Old Norse stinnr, Danish stind, Swedish stinn.
Senses: glosses: strong; stiff; rigid
stiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stith
hypoglossals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypoglossal
drupel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drupels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of drupelet.
synonyms: word: drupelet
drupels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drupel
eponyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eponymes
Etymology: From French éponyme, from Latin eponymus, from Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος (epṓnŭmos), q.v.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of eponym.
eponymes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eponyme
monadical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monadical
form: most monadical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monadic.
protectrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protectrices
Etymology: From Middle English protectrice, protectrix, protectryse, from Latin prōtēctrīx. By surface analysis, protect + -trix.
Senses: glosses: A female who protects; a protectress.
siderographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more siderographic
form: most siderographic
Etymology: From siderography + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: siderographic art
text: siderographic impressions
glosses: Of or relating to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel.
gleby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɡliːbi/
Forms: form: more gleby
form: most gleby
Etymology: From glebe + -y. Compare Latin glaebosus (“cloddy”).
Senses: examples: text: Pernicious flattery! thy malignant seeds
In an ill hour, and by fatal hand
Sadly diffus'd o'er virtue's gleby land,
With rising pride amidst the corn appear,
And choke the hopes and harvest of the year.
ref: 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
glosses: turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful.
Synonyms: glebous
rotche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotches
form: ratch
form: rotchie
form: rotge
Etymology: Probably from Dutch rotje (“petrel”).
Senses: glosses: A small alcid of the north Atlantic, the little auk, Alle alle.
rotches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotche
endodermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endoderm + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: endodermal
glosses: Of or relating to the endoderm.
insidiators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insidiator
rubiginous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rubiginous
form: most rubiginous
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rubiginose.
fucated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fucated
form: most fucated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fucate.
banderol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banderols
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of banderole.
banderols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banderol
brisking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪskɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brisk
brisked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɪskt/
rhymes: -ɪskt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brisk
hypertexted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypertext + -ed.
Senses: glosses: converted to hypertext format
lacunous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lacunous
form: most lacunous
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lacunose.
agricultors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agricultor
uran-ochre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of various yellow, earthy incrustations, thought to be a subtype of uranite.
nonisotopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + isotopic.
Senses: glosses: Not isotopic.
adjacence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjacences
Senses: glosses: The state of being adjacent or contiguous; adjacency.
glosses: That which is adjacent.
Derived terms: coadjacence
adjacences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjacence
if there's grass on the field, play ball
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: Mitchell's taste for girls ran to the barely pubescent. 'If there's grass on the field, play ball, that's what he used to say,' the 'classmate' remembered.
ref: 1998 Clive Barker, Galilee pg 110
text: You see the way she looks at you? What are you, some kind of faggot?
She's fifteen, man.
If there's grass on the field, you can play ball.
ref: 1998 Chris Simunek, Paradise Burning pg 80
text: The work puts him in contact with...men who offer dating advice like 'If she's old enough to bleed, she's old enough to breed' and 'If there's grass on the field, I say it's time to play ball." Grass refers metaphorically to female pubic hair.
Doyle (2007a) 199 Cf "When they are BIG enough, they are old enough" and "Old enough to BLEED, old enough to breed."
ref: 1998 Tobias Wolff, You Can't Kill the Rooster, Esquire 129 no 6 June 1994
text: 2005 (April 26) "The Shield" season 4 episode 7 "Hurt"
Before I went away, I banged his fourteen-year-old sister. Took her virginity. Fool didn't have a clue. Told him I was helping her with her history homework. Try the history of popping cherries. What's your problem, superstar? If there's grass on the field, you gotta play ball.
glosses: Alternative form of if there's grass on the pitch, play ball.
off to the races
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: away at the races
form: away to the races
form: off at the races
Senses: examples: text: Last week the magazine's tenth annual rating of the nation's leading corporations showed that American business really went off to the races in 1963.
ref: 1964 July 10, “Industry: Top Money”, in Time:
text: 48 Hours […] was followed by hits such as Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop and Raw. Eddie Murphy's career was off to the races.
ref: 1994 June 3, Leonard Pitts Jr., “Movies”, in Milwaukee Journal, retrieved 26 Aug 2012, page 21E:
text: And with that, this tartly funny book is off to the races, inviting readers to tag along on a wild manic ride.
ref: 2004 Jan. 19, Janet Maslin, "When the High and Mighty Tumble, Duck and Cover" (Book review of The Best Awful by Carrie Fisher), New York Times (retrieved 26 Aug 2012)
glosses: In or into a process of energetic engagement in some activity; in or into a phase of conspicuously increasing satisfaction or success.
Related terms: get carried away
off and running
in the running
gray rape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gray rapes
Senses: glosses: An unclear case of alleged rape, for instance when the victim cannot demonstrate nonconsent.
SRBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SRB
vivats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vivat
net curtain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: net curtains
Senses: glosses: A thin curtain that allows light into a room but prevents people outside from seeing inside.
midbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midbies
Etymology: From mid + -bie, after newbie.
Senses: examples: text: I would like to appeal to all midbies/oldbies to help the newbies if you can.
ref: 1996 April 5, Patrick Toh, “Help The Newbies”, in soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: Viper newbies/midbies tip: If you constantly attack in the air, a reasonably observant opponent will always know what status your weapon gauges are in.
ref: 1997 December 8, Tirah Dragonfire [username], “Re: [VO]:HKSR with central weapon cancel?”, in rec.games.video.arcade (Usenet):
text: As persons spent more time in Second Life, their newbie status would fade and they would become known as residents, players, participants, or even "midbies." Midbie status was shaped not just by the absolute amount of time since the creation of an account, but by the cumulative amount of time spent inworld.
ref: 2008, Tom Boellstorff, Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 125:
glosses: An intermediate user or player.
Coordinate terms: newbie
oldbie
midbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midbie
vinaigriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vinaigrier
Capetian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kəˈpiːʃən/
Etymology: From Capet + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: When Robert, the second prince of the Capetian race, was most unjustly excommunicated by the court of Rome, his own servants, it is said, threw the victuals which came from his table to the dogs, and refused to taste any thing themselves which had been polluted by the contact of a person in his situation.
ref: 1776 March 9, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. […], volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, book V (Of the Revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth), page 396:
glosses: Pertaining to a French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet, the House of Capet.
Capetian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈpiːʃən/
Forms: form: Capetians
Etymology: From Capet + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: From Burgundy’s reigning line came Pope Calixtus II (1119-24), whose brother went crusading in Spain, where he founded the house from which descended Queen Isabella; Burgundian Capetians also reigned in Portugal.
ref: 1921, Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly, How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, Harper & Brothers:
glosses: A member of this dynasty.
caesaropapism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsiːzəɹəʊˈpeɪpɪzm̩/
ipa: /ˌsiːzəɹoʊˈpeɪpɪz(ə)m/
Forms: form: caesaropapisms
form: Caesaro-Papism
form: Caesaro-papism
form: caesaro-papism
form: Caesaropapism
form: Cæsaro-Papism
form: Cæsaro-papism
form: cæsaro-papism
form: Cæsaropapism
form: cæsaropapism
form: Cesaro-Papism
form: Cesaro-papism
form: cesaro-papism
form: Cesaropapism
form: cesaropapism
Etymology: From caesar + -o- + papism, probably modelled after New Latin caesaro-papia, coined by the German ecclesiastical jurist Justus Henning Böhmer (1674–1749) in his work Jus ecclesiasticum Protestantium (Ecclesiastical Law of the Protestants, 1714–1736).
Senses: examples: text: Shari'a civil law and Ottoman secular fiscal and administrative practice were all combined with Byzantine Caesaropapism, entrenching the ruler as legislator and inhibiting the transition to the rule of law ultimately made in the Empire.
ref: 2016, Peter H[amish] Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe’s History, London: Allen Lane, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 148:
topics: government
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: caesaropapacy
caesaropapalism
caesaropopism
glosses: The combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters.
wikipedia: Catholic University of America
Justus Henning Böhmer
Derived terms: caesaropapist
Related terms: state church
Tsat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken near Sanya, Hainan, China by the Utsuls.
Synonyms: Hainan Cham
Hui
Huihui
Sanya Hui
Utset
Utsat
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Tsat terms
Aeginetans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aeginetan
Mono
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Uncertain. The Monache, a related ethnic group, seems to derive their name from a common source as the Mono, as -chi occurs otherwise in the Yokutsan and Miwok languages as a relatively common suffix on tribal names.
Senses: examples: text: The Mono believe that Condor seized humans, cut off their heads and drained their blood in order to flood the home of Ground Squirrel.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 249:
glosses: An American Indian people of the central Sierra Nevada and neighboring Great Basin lands to the east in California.
glosses: An ethnic group from the Congo.
Mono
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Uncertain. The Monache, a related ethnic group, seems to derive their name from a common source as the Mono, as -chi occurs otherwise in the Yokutsan and Miwok languages as a relatively common suffix on tribal names.
Senses: glosses: The Numic language of the Mono people of California.
glosses: The language of the Mono people of the Congo.
glosses: A county in California, United States, see Mono County.
glosses: An alkaline desert lake (Mono Lake) in this county, having a unique ecosystem.
glosses: A town in Ontario.
glosses: An island of the Solomon Islands.
glosses: A river in Togo.
Derived terms: Mono County
-bie
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From newbie.
Etymology tree
English newbie
English -bie
Senses: glosses: Combined with a descriptor conveying a characteristic (such as skill, experience, or social position) to form words for people.
highbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highbies
Etymology: From high + -bie.
Senses: examples: text: […] and since everyone knows what they did, the players give them all the respect *they* believe a 'botter deserves. (I.e. they aren't a "real" highbie in the eyes of their peers.)
ref: 1998 June 9, Arlie Stephens, “Re: Botting and Autoplaying”, in rec.games.mud.admin (Usenet):
text: A lowbie always has access to highbie stuff simply by leveling up, but highbies are purposely restricted from this content.
ref: 2001 September 5, Silverlock [username], “Re: Why trivial loot code sucks mister Harmon.”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet):
text: The score was "the great equalizer," and Imani knew that as a "highbie" she was poised to benefit at the highest level.
ref: 2011, Lauren McLaughlin, Scored, Random House Children's Books, →ISBN, page 3:
topics: games
gaming
glosses: A high-level character in an MMORPG.
highbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of highbie
ODESSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German ODESSA.
Senses: glosses: A German organization founded after WWII, believed to have helped SS officers to flee from Europe.
proxy pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proxy patterns
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A structural design pattern that is implemented as a class functioning as an interface for a network connection, a large object in memory, a file, or some other resource that is expensive or impossible to duplicate.
proxy patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proxy pattern
flyweight patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flyweight pattern
date tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: date trees
Senses: glosses: A palm tree, Phoenix dactylifera, whose fruit is the date.
date plum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: date plums
Senses: glosses: The fruit of several species of Diospyros (persimmon), including the American (D. virginiana) and Japanese persimmons (D. kaki) , but especially the European lotus (D. lotus).
date shell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: date shells
Senses: glosses: A bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera.
Synonyms: date fish
date fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: date fish
Etymology: From its resemblance to the fruit.
Senses: glosses: A bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera.
Synonyms: date shell
date mussel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: date mussels
Etymology: From its resemblance to the fruit.
Senses: glosses: A mussel of the genus Lithophaga, medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.
Related terms: english: trace fossil
translation: trace fossil
word: Gastrochaenolites
Ottonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ɑˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Otto + -n- + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a dynasty of Germanic kings including Otto the Great
stand ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stand in
retables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retable
retables
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retable
inwomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inwombs
form: inwombing
form: inwombed
form: inwombed
form: enwomb
Etymology: From in- + womb.
Senses: examples: text: It was long before the Son of God was inwombed,…
ref: 1881, Elizabeth Wilson, quoting Sir Nathaniel Bacon, 1647, Lights and Shadows of Ancient European Mythology, Language and History, Reprint edition, Kessinger Publishing, published 2003, →ISBN, page 300:
glosses: To place or cause to be contained in the womb; to make pregnant; to conceive.
examples: text: Its faith dies like the inwombed fire of earth, …
ref: 1854, Stephen Henry Bradbury, Edenor: A Dramatic Poem, Digitized edition, published 2006, page 61:
text: The way the bathtub works is that you have to kind of get natal, zygotey, inwombed, stupid with white noise and tranquil with heat. You have to let the calentura run through you, ripple your rippled waters still. You have to pretend that what’s in you is being sweated out, purified.
ref: 2008 March 30, Nellie, “You've got to take your mind off him”, in Let Loose Nellie, retrieved 27 Aug 2012:
text: … epitomizes in his impairment the witchery of the mother … with no access to the outside, he becomes, in effect, inwombed by her.
ref: 2009, Katherine Kearns, Robert Frost and a Poetics of Appetite, Cambridge Univ Press, →ISBN, page 18:
text: Dip under feel that warmth envelope you, cocooned again, inwombed again.
ref: 2010 November 12, Derick Van Dusen, “TokeATee Come”, in Hello Poetry, retrieved 27 Aug 2012:
glosses: To enclose, inwrap
onomatologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onomatology
endmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endmarks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of end mark.
I-sites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: I-site
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein folding initiation site motif consisting of an amino acid sequence pattern and a local structure type.
record deal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: record deals
Senses: examples: text: On the heels of the Remember Two Things release, the band signed its first record deal with RCA, inking the contract just five hours after that midnight release.
ref: 2011, Nikki Van Noy, So Much to Say: Dave Matthews Band—20 Years on the Road, page 55:
glosses: An agreement between a record label and a musician or music group, by which the musician or group agrees to record a certain number of songs to be published by the label.
music group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: music groups
Senses: glosses: A group of musicians who regularly perform together.
Related terms: rock group
music groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of music group
record deals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of record deal
inworld
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inworld
form: most inworld
Etymology: From in + world.
Senses: examples: text: These inworld practices include weaving, building, trading, chatting, dancing, making love, flying and many others besides.
ref: 2011, John Postill, Localizing the Internet: An Anthropological Account, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 22:
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Inside the world of an MMORPG.
inworld
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inworld
form: most inworld
Etymology: From in + world.
Senses: examples: text: Midbie status was shaped not just by the absolute amount of time since the creation of an account, but by the cumulative amount of time spent inworld.
ref: 2008, Tom Boellstorff, Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 125:
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Inside the world of an MMORPG.
chevin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chevins
form: cheven
form: chevenden
Etymology: From Old French chevesne (“chub”), perhaps from chef (“head”). Compare chavender.
Senses: glosses: A chub (fish).
chevins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chevin
chavenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chavender
coud
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of could.
Abderians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abderian
fall between the cracks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: falls between the cracks
form: falling between the cracks
form: fell between the cracks
form: fallen between the cracks
Senses: examples: text: I submitted my application for student finance months ago, but haven't heard back. I think I've fallen between the cracks.
glosses: To wind up in an unexpected situation which is, inadvertently, invisible to or not handled by whatever process one had hoped to be subject to; to be overlooked.
Related terms: fall between two stools
fall through the cracks
Portugee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɹ.t͡ʃə.ɡiː/
Forms: form: Portugees
Etymology: Variant of Portuguese, or perhaps back-formation from Portuguese taking it as a plural.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Portagee.
Related terms: Chinee
Japanee
Portagee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔɹtəɡi/
ipa: /ˈpɔːtəɡi/
Forms: form: Portagees
form: Portugee
Etymology: Variant of Portuguese, or perhaps back-formation from Portuguese taking it as a plural.
Senses: examples: text: She lives in New Bedford, and her dad's not around much and her mum calls her boyfriend a Portagee, a fuckin' greenhorn, and she says, Ma, he's 3rd generation, but her mum just rolls her eyes and fixes a drink, fills her glass with ice from the icemaker they have, pours some bourbon from the bottle on the glass-and-mirror shelf above the sink, turns on one of the gold seahorse faucets just a swoosh, and goes into the living room with the paper.
ref: 1993, Common Lives, Lesbian Lives- Issues 47-49, page 37:
text: The Portagee sighed happily. He was home again.
ref: 1935, John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat, →ISBN:
text: What did the Portagee say when he opened a box of Cheerios? "Look, a box of doughnut seeds!"
ref: 2002, Lanai Tabura, Augusto E. Tulba, Lanai and Angies Joke of the Day, →ISBN, page 40:
text: “You damn, dumb Portagee,” he was saying, “How could you have fallen for one of the oldest tricks in the book?
ref: 2005, John A. Broussard, Death and Near Death: A Yoshinobu Mystery, →ISBN, page 121:
glosses: A person from Portugal or a person of Portuguese descent.
Portagee
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔɹtəɡi/
ipa: /ˈpɔːtəɡi/
Forms: form: more Portagee
form: most Portagee
form: Portugee
Etymology: Variant of Portuguese, or perhaps back-formation from Portuguese taking it as a plural.
Senses: examples: text: Did you hear about the man who was half Portagee and half Italian? He made himself an offer he couldn't understand.
ref: 2006, Jerry Hopkins, The Da Lima Code, →ISBN, page 49:
text: Melvin has a very Portagee accent.
ref: 2008, Mary Frosch, Coming of Age in the 21st Century: Growing Up in America Today:
text: The religious shrines that sprouted in front yards across St. Anthony's parish were too Portagee or greenhornish for my mother.
ref: 2013, Joseph A. Conforti, Another City Upon a Hill: A New England Memoir, →ISBN:
glosses: Portuguese.
Related terms: Chinee
airmiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛəˌmɪs/
ipa: /ˈɛˌ-/
ipa: /ˈɛɚˌmɪs/
ipa: /ˈɛɹˌ-/
Forms: form: airmisses
Etymology: Blend of air(craft) + miss.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: airprox
glosses: An incident where two aircraft almost collide; a near miss.
ease of doing business index
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ease of doing business indexes
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
synonyms: business index
glosses: An index created by the World Bank, where higher rankings indicate better, usually simpler regulations for businesses and stronger protections of property rights.
business index
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: business indexes
Senses: examples: text: Germany’s business index shows a negative outlook with a dire picture, indicating that the broader European crisis will affect Europe’s second-largest economy.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of ease of doing business index.
ordos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ordo
abducens nerves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abducens nerve
gistings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gisting
gisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪstɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gist
segueway
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of segue.
biliary sludge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Particulate matter that forms from bile and substances such as cholesterol crystals and calcium bilirubinate.
biliary tract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biliary tracts
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The path by which bile is secreted and delivered to the duodenum.
biliary tracts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biliary tract
RMIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Republican Majority Issues Committee.
Abraham-man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Abraham-men
Senses: examples: text: Said the Beggar: "I marvel not that thou hast taken a liking to my manner of life, good fellow, but 'to like' and 'to do' are two matters of different sorts. I tell thee, friend, one must serve a long apprenticeship ere one can learn to be even so much as a clapper-dudgeon, much less a crank or an Abraham-man. You are probably too old to get the hang of it."
ref: 1883, Howard Pyle, “Robin Hood Turns Beggar”, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC, part sixth, page 203:
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Abraham man.
glosses: Alternative form of Abraham man.
Abraham-men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abraham-man
Abram men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abram man
longnecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of longneck
microbial fuel cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microbial fuel cells
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A bio-electrochemical system that drives a current by mimicking bacterial interactions found in nature.
Synonyms: biological fuel cell
biological fuel cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biological fuel cells
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of microbial fuel cell.
synonyms: word: microbial fuel cell
biological fuel cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biological fuel cell
microbial fuel cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microbial fuel cell
cornsilks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cornsilk
seleniscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seleniscopes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of selenoscope.
cross-halving joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-halving joints
Senses: topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A joint used for intermediate framework where half the thickness is removed from both pieces of timber where they cross.
grosze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: grôsh
ipa: /ɡɹɔʃ/
rhymes: -ɔːʃ
homophone: grosz
Senses: glosses: plural of grosz
concurrency pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concurrency patterns
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A design pattern that deal with the multi-threaded programming paradigm.
Related terms: behavioural pattern
creational pattern
structural pattern
concurrency patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concurrency pattern
singleton pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singleton patterns
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A creational design pattern that restricts the instantiation of a class to one object.
Related terms: multiton pattern
multiton pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiton patterns
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: Synonym of multiton.
synonyms: word: multiton
multiton patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiton pattern
singleton patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singleton pattern
scunges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scunge
scunges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scunge
scunging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scunge
scunged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scunge
builder pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: builder patterns
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A creational design pattern that intends to abstract steps of construction of objects so that different implementations of these steps can construct different representations of objects.
builder patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of builder pattern
Kigiryama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kigiriama
Senses: glosses: The language of the Giryama people.
object pool pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: object pool patterns
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A creational design pattern that uses a set of initialised objects kept ready to use, rather than allocating and destroying them on demand.
object pool patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of object pool pattern
prototype pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prototype patterns
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A creational design pattern that determines the type of objects to create by a prototypical instance, which is cloned to produce new objects.
prototype patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prototype pattern
bridge pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridge patterns
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A structural design pattern that decouples an abstraction from its implementation so that the two can vary independently.
bridge patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridge pattern
composite pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: composite patterns
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A structural (and partitioning) design pattern where a group of objects are to be treated in the same way as a single instance of an object.
composite patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of composite pattern
decorator pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decorator patterns
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A structural (and partitioning) design pattern that allows behaviour to be added to an existing object dynamically.
decorator patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decorator pattern
front controller pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: front controller patterns
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A structural (and partitioning) design pattern that provides a centralized entry point for handling requests and is an extension to the model-view-controller design pattern.
front controller patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of front controller pattern
model-view-controller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: model–view–controller
form: model-view-controllers
Senses: topics: architecture
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
synonyms: MVC
glosses: A type of computer user interface that separates the representation of information from the user's interaction.
model-view-controllers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of model-view-controller
jassamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jassamines
Senses: examples: text: Knee-skirts trimmed with the jassamine sweet.
ref: 1914, Vachel Lindsay, The Congo:
glosses: Dated form of jasmine.
jassamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jassamine
shotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shote
module pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: module patterns
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A structural design pattern to implement the concept of software modules (modular programming) in a programming language that lacks support for them.
module patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of module pattern